Screwworm border closure fuels beef boom in Mexico, gloom in Texas
Lubbock Feeders has been fattening cattle in West Texas since Dwight Eisenhower was U.S. president.
June 06, 2026Lubbock Feeders has been fattening cattle in West Texas since Dwight Eisenhower was U.S. president.
June 06, 2026
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that a new factory isn’t expected to start work for more than a year on mitigating the New World screwworm fly infestation in his state
June 06, 2026
The quiet Texas cattle town of La Pryor has become ground zero in the fight against screwworm after the first U.S. case in decades was detected
June 05, 2026
Oklahoma prepares for potential spread of screwworm pest
June 06, 2026
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas
June 04, 2026
Flesh-eating New World screwworm detected in Texas calf, USDA says, signaling major threat to food production
June 04, 2026
New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that eats warm-blooded animals alive, has been found in a calf in
June 03, 2026
Ultraprocessed food scientists say Americans are ‘fed up’ with industry and government inaction
June 03, 2026
A devastating parasitic fly that eats warm-blooded animals alive and could cause millions of dollars in economic damage to the U.S. economy has been
May 30, 2026
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April 23, 2026
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April 23, 2026
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and software company Palantir Technologies on Wednesday announced the signing of a $300 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).
April 22, 2026
U.S. farmers plan to plant less corn and more soybeans in 2026 than last year, the U.S.
April 01, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.
March 12, 2026
The U.S. has opened its first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades in southern Texas
February 09, 2026
New guidelines for healthy eating say Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods and less added sugar
January 07, 2026
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December 02, 2025
SNAP benefits are flowing again, but many enrollees will soon hit another hurdle
November 30, 2025
Seth Meyer, the U.S.
November 26, 2025
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November 13, 2025