New World screwworm

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What is New World screwworm, and why are they dangerous?

Understanding the New World screwworm blowfly and its behavior underscores why it is so dangerous to the livestock industry. Read More

Animal Health, Beef, Cow Calf, Dairy, Disease, Equine, Dairy, Sheep and Goats, Horses, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Stocker

New screwworm case pauses reopening of Mexican border for livestock

A New World screwworm fly. (Photo courtesy USDA.)
Loos Tales, Opinion

Let’s look inside with X-ray vision



A cowboy on a horse surrounded by livestock during a cattle drive. (iStock │ #477413769 - johnrandallalves)

Secretary Rollins’s leadership secures our herds and our food supply

  • By Robby Kirkland │ Texas Cattle Feeders Association Chairman

USDA announces the phased reopening of southern ports for livestock trade

Rollins presses ahead with latest initiative on New World screwworm

Grilling steaks on flaming grill (Photo: iStock - rez-art)

High prices have not hindered consumers as beef imports are up

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Import restrictions will weigh on cattle markets

USDA

Live animal imports suspended along southern border

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins ’94 has invited Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to tour Texas A&M AgriLife to gain a greater understanding of how agriculture is the solution to a healthier America. (Courtney Sacco/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Rollins, Kennedy tour Texas A&M AgriLife to connect agriculture and health

  • By Kay Ledbetter │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Cows graze a field in northeast Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of University of Wyoming Extension.)

Rollins presses Mexico to stop spread of New World screwworm