The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to ...

Screwworm is a parasitic fly that targets warm-blooded animals and has the potential to disrupt Texas’ $15 billion cattle ...

The Trump administration today launched an aggressive, multi-pronged strategy to combat the potential spread of New World ...

The Trump administration is moving to combat the spread of New World screwworm (NWS), a type of parasitic larvae that feasts ...

The facility will breed millions of sterile New World screwworm flies at Moore Air Base, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that beef prices will reach new highs in 2026, as beef production is forecast to ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture last month stopped the movement of cows, horses and bison between Mexico and the U.S.

CHICAGO, June 2 (Reuters) - New World Screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, is traveling north from Central America to Mexico and has crept past ...

New Mexico has more than 10,000 cattle farms and ranches. The U.S. livestock industry benefits by more than $900 million a year because there aren't screwworms in the country, USDA estimates.