Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.

Ranchers warn the deadly screwworm fly is approaching Texas borders, threatening cattle herds and beef prices, The New York ...

New Initiatives Announced To Prevent Flesh-Eating Screwworm From Reaching U.S. originally appeared on Paulick Report.

Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins held a joint news conference Friday to announce new ...

Governor Greg Abbott announced that at least $750 million will go into a new Texas facility to prevent the spread of this ...

The governor announced he was expanding his special session agenda shortly after the Texas House passed a congressional map that Democrats had delayed by leaving the state.

USDA launches a key initiative with a new sterile fly facility in Texas to combat the New World Screwworm and protect US ...

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing up to $750 million to build the United States’ first ...

Responding to calls by state lawmakers and the agricultural industry for immediate action to be taken to protect cattle and ...

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed "plans to fight ...

The devastating pests have crossed Central America. Despite stepped-up efforts, there are not enough sterile flies to stop ...

Texas Agriculture Department debuts new Swormlure traps, Ivermectin feed additives and a cattle vaccine to combat New World ...