An ag economist says the import ban of live cattle from Mexico continues to put pressure on producers in the southern United ...

An investigation is underway after rumors began swirling about New World Screwworm being found in Missouri, according to the ...

Entomologists got rid of screwworms by using nuclear radiation to sterilize millions of male screwworms in a lab, which were ...

Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association President Carl Ray Polk Jr. today issued the following statement in support of the New World Screwworm Preparedness Act of 2025: “The ...

"Certain drugs to treat screwworm infection are not licensed in the U.S., having been unnecessary for half a century." ...

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...

Having an infestation of screwworms would impact Texas as well as the rest of the U.S. With the potential for a number of risks, U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are hoping to fund an operation ...

After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.

NCBA’s Woodall says the goal is complete eradication — not just from the U.S., but from Mexico and Central America, ...

Try to put eyes on your herd, as much as possible, look out for anything abnormal,” said J. Scott Herod, who owns a ranch and ...

To say the New World Screwworm is a nasty parasite would be an understatement. The flesh-eating scourge that tortures cattle ...

A flesh-eating parasite known as New World Screwworm is moving closer and closer to the US border in Texas. The devastating ...