The folks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission are hoping for the best and preparing ...

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control and eliminate the New World screwworm, including an $8.5 million fly ...

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

Imports of livestock from Mexico will resume in phases starting next week after a ban in May at ports of entry because of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Monday a phased reopening of cattle, bison and equine imports from Mexico ...

Re-emergence of the New World Screwworm (NWS) has become a recent concern for American agriculture. As the fly moves closer ...

Livestock trade with Mexico to resume after screwworm health scare, announced the USDA. Santa Teresa port to allow livestock ...

The United States and Mexico plan to reopen the U.S. border to Mexican cattle imports in July. U.S. agriculture officials had ...

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...