The New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, is spreading throughout Mexico and rapidly moving northward. This has led ...

A small, pale maggot about a half-inch long could cost New Mexico cattle ranchers greatly if it gets back into the country. One of the state's senators introduced new legislation to combat the New ...

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

Screwworm outbreak in Mexico leads to six human cases and a U.S. livestock import ban, threatening public health and cattle ...

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has provided an update on USDA's ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the pest known as the new world screwworm. Rollins said she discussed the ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing ...

Rollins also announced the USDA invested $21 million in renovating an existing fruit fly production facility in Metapa, ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins provided an update on the USDA’s ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the New World ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended livestock imports from Mexico to Texas to prevent the spread of the ...

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz hope to fund an operation to kill the parasitic fly before too much damage is done.

On May 11, 2025 the U.S. suspended live animal imports from Mexico. This brought to a standstill the importation of feeder ...

Falling investment, slowing growth, and the changing whims of U.S. President Donald Trump have led Mexico to support an early ...