Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins confirmed New World screwworm is now in the United States. The case was discovered in a three-week-old calf near La Pryor, Texas. La Pryor is approximately 90 miles southeast of the Mexico border crossing in Del Rio. During a Wednesday evening press call, Rollins said this is the only U.S. case being tracked right now. In response to the case, USDA has formed a unified incident command team with the Texas Animal Health Commission. An Anima

The June 3 confirmation that the parasitic New World screwworm (NWS) has crossed the border into the U.S. has triggered officials to implement the strategies outlined in the federal NWS Response Playbook. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed detection of an NWS case in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas, noting that the larvae, which consume live flesh, were found in its umbilical cord wound. An Associated Press story cited USDA Secretary Br

Reproductive strategy in dairies is no longer just about pregnancy rates. Embryo technologies are helping dairy producers accelerate and compound genetic progress across their herds. A dairy producer walks through a pen of second-lactation cows and notices something unsettling: Nothing has really changed. The cattle look good, production is steady, but they are almost identical to the cows from five years ago. Nothing is wrong with these cows, but nothing is meaningfully bett