The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after another discovery of a damaging pest ...

Nicaragua’s health ministry has confirmed that 30 people have been infected by the New World screwworm ( Cochliomyia ...

Another case of New World screwworm was found in a Mexican cow south of the border. Despite that, USDA says it won’t limit ...

On Feb. 1, USDA’s APHIS announced the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico under a new comprehensive protocol. With herd levels at a 74-year low and high beef prices, traders had ...

Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screw-worm fly, or screw-worm for short, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after another discovery of a damaging pest called New World screwworm in a cow south of the ...

The USDA says 1.822 million cattle entered U.S. feedlots during January 2025. That was an increase of 2% from January 2024, towards the low end of the range of pre-report estimates. Weather was likely ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it will not restrict cattle imports from Mexico after a pest called new world screwworm was detected in another cow south of the ...

The parasite spurred the U.S. Department of Agriculture to close the border to cattle for more than two months recently. The department says its new cattle inspection protocols are sufficient enough ...

Randy Koenen of Red River Farm Network and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss what's giving strength to ...

Scientists worry that the losses may open the door to human, plant and animal diseases that would otherwise have been caught.