Officials say the screwworm has the potential to devastate the cattle industry, send beef prices soaring and kill wildlife.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins are raising awareness about the New World screwworm.

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, ...

The father, Lorenzo Varisano, says he hopes the department will help a new generation of small farmers to care for the land ...

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies to ramp up its efforts to ...

NWS is a devastating pest, the USDA said. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause ...

Texas leaders are expected to discuss plans to fight the New World screwworm during a Friday press conference in Austin.

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

In a joint press conference with Governor Greg Abbott at the Texas State Capital in Austin, United States Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins said, “We are doing everything we can to stop it” ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. This is prepared monthly by the World Agricultural Outlook Board ...