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Justin Hamel/The Waco Bridge / CatchLight Local / Report for AmericaThe beef industry has been under pressure recently from market disruptions, record high beef prices and small herd sizes. The groups say the ICE operations are another challenge for the industry. -
Anna Pope/Harvest Public MediaMore than 5 million people are no longer getting food aid in the wake of a slew of cuts and changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. As changes to the program continue to unfold, rural Americans face unique problems.
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State officials and researchers warned Texas lawmakers in May that New World screwworm was advancing toward the state and could carry a billion-dollar economic toll. -
Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that potentially could devastate the nation’s cattle industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday the new cases were found in a calf and a dog, hundreds of miles apart. -
Officials are increasing trapping efforts, establishing quarantine zones and releasing millions of sterile flies after New World screwworm was confirmed in South Texas. -
The detection marks the first U.S. case of New World screwworm since the parasite was eradicated in the 1960s.
