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The USDA launched a bold plan to halt the spread of deadly ‘man-eater’ maggots as a potential infestation threatens livestock ...
The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots with a multimillion-dollar ...
The invasive spotted lanternfly, a pest harmful to agriculture and forestry, has been detected in South Carolina. Clemson ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is deploying extensive emergency resources to assist Central Texas communities impacted by ...
The sterile fly technique, first used by the U.S. in the 1960s and now in Panama, prevents female screwworms from reproducing ...
U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent (Dec. 12, 2024) a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack requesting the U.S.
Following a New World screwworm assessment by USDA staff in Mexico and ongoing conversations between Secretary Rollins and ...
In a move that sounds like science fiction, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA) is gearing up to begin a decades‑old ...
APHIS issued its final rule on animal ID that has been in place since 2013, switching from solely visual tags to tags that are both electronically and visually readable for certain classes of ...
APHIS experts evaluated Mexican response to New World screwworm and will phase in some livestock trade, USDA announces.
The Mexican government has started construction on a $51 million facility in southern Mexico as part of an effort to combat the New World screwworm that’s disrupted Mexican cattle exports to the U.S.