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

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

USDA unveils a five-pronged plan with Tick Riders, detector dogs and a Texas sterile-fly facility to combat New World ...

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 ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, New World screwworms are an invasive species that burrow fly larvae into ...

Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...

The devastating pests have crossed Central America. Despite stepped-up efforts, there are not enough sterile flies to stop ...

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

The Trump administration is taking preemptive actions to combat an infestation of livestock by the New World screwworm.

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

The Texas Department of Agriculture continues to lead the fight against the threat of the New World Screwworm (NWS) by ...