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In response to the continued expansion of screwworm flies into southern Mexico, the U.S. suspended live animal imports from Mexico on May 11, 2025, halting imports of feeder cattle from Mexico.
Producers of metals and other raw materials fell as traders fled risky sectors in light of a potential escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict. Canadian officials are considering requirements that ...
Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...
(USDA | CONTRIBUTED PHOTO) The New World Screwworm has broken through barriers and into Mexico, as livestock producers in the ...
The flesh-eating The flesh-eating New World screwworm fly is spreading north through Central America toward the US after decades of eradication. Learn why it's returning and what's being done to stop ...
“From the 1930s to the 1960s, the effort to control and eradicate New World screwworm in the United States costs more than $52 million, adjusted for inflation to today’s value that’s closer to $675 ...
USDA suspended the import of live cattle, bison and horses through U.S. ports of entry along the southern border as of May 11 ...
What is the New World screwworm? The flesh-eating fly making a comeback - ANALYSIS: After decades of eradication – the New World screwworm has once again spread through several countries in Central ...
Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the screwworm, a parasitic pest, is likely to cross the ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that beef prices will reach new highs in 2026, as beef production is forecast to ...
It’s no longer a question of whether we’ll see a return of New World screwworm in the U.S.—but a matter of when. That’s according to Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NC ...