EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins was in Mexico on Monday to review that country’s progress toward the eradication of the New World screwworm pest. She met ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller urges vigilance after U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a New World ...

On Dec. 3, 2025, the Texas Department of Agriculture reported in a press release that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had ...

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed a new case of New World screwworm (NWS) approximately 120 miles south of the ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The U.S. is not yet ready to reopen its border to Mexican cattle amid an outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm parasite, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new website to provide information about a parasitic fly that could be a threat to livestock. Stakeholders in the industry ...

The flesh-eating fly larvae, which have been detected in Mexico, were declared eradicated from Texas in the 1960s.

New World screwworm continues to be a top concern for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the cattle industry. USDA recently announced the launch of a new website, www.screwworm.gov, which is ...

On Nov. 13, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the next milestone in the fight against New World screwworm—the opening of a sterile fly dispersal facility in Tampico, Mexico. The Tampico ...

The New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, has resurged south of the border 60 years after it was mostly eradicated in ...