With swarms of screwworms slowly making their way towards the U.S. southern border, many ranchers across Texas are educating ...

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

In this week's Degrees of Science we are learning about the New World Screwworm, and about the impacts it could have on Texas ...

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

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the U.S. Agriculture Secretary met on Friday to announce steps to battle an invasive species that ...

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 ...

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

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

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has announced the largest initiative yet in the U.S. Department of ...

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 ...