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Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation’s cattle industry. Later, she repeated her assertion that former President Joe Biden’s administration is responsible … Read more

Governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn’t expected to start breeding sterile New World screwworm flies for more than a year as a big part of the effort to stop its flesh-eating larvae from threatening the $113 U.S. billion cattle industry. Abbott pledged Texas will help the U.S. Department of … Read more

Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd

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A flesh-eating parasite that had been kept out of U.S. livestock for decades has been detected in Texas, threatening the nation’s cattle industry and food supply at a time when prices are already high. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The case of New World screwworm … Read more

Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US

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The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday, the first time in decades that the parasite with flesh-eating larvae has threatened the nation’s cattle industry and only the third time it’s appeared in the U.S. in that time. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the case was in … Read more

As cattle herds shrink and beef prices rise, investors back AI cow collars

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A startup putting high-tech collars on cows could soon be worth more than $2 billion, as investors bet the technology could help farmers cut costs and cope with labor shortages. Halter, a New Zealand-based company, is in talks to raise new funding in a deal expected to … Read more