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Cattle Industry Prepares for Border Reopening
California Ag Today
USDA’s phased reopening plans move closer as work continues to address the threat of New World screwworm.
Sterile Fly Facility and Negotiating Canadian Tariffs
The Agribusiness Update
USDA says a Texas facility designed to produce sterile flies for New World Screwworm control will open next spring, earlier than expected, and Canadian trade officials are meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer as both countries work to avoid new tariffs scheduled to take effect tonight.
FDA Authorizes New Tool Against New World Screwworm
California Ag Today
Emergency authorization allows CLiK Extra wound spray for prevention in livestock and certain wildlife.
Georgia Farm Equipment Scams and Cattle Groups React to Southern Border Reopening
The Agribusiness Update
The Georgia Department of Agriculture warns ag community after receiving multiple reports of sophisticated online scams targeting farmers searching for farm equipment, and cattle groups support reopening of the southern border to live cattle from Mexico.
OSU Insect Cameras and Cattle Groups React to Southern Border Reopening
The Agribusiness Update
Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a low-cost, semi-automated, AI-driven method that uses remote cameras to survey bumblebees and other insects, and cattle groups support reopening of the southern border to live cattle from Mexico.
Rural Health Disparities and Mexican Cattle Update
The Agribusiness Update
A new study says growing health disparities are contributing to workforce challenges across rural America, and USDA will begin reopening the southern border to cattle imports from Mexico next month.
Arrest Highlights Florida's Screwworm Crackdown
Southeast Regional Ag News
State says livestock import rules are being strictly enforced to keep New World Screwworm out.
California New World Screwworm Plan and Right to Repair Agreement
The Agribusiness Update
As the New World screwworm expands into the U.S. from Mexico, California’s pest exclusion leaders already have developed a response plan, and an agreement announced by John Deere and the FTC ensures farmers and ranchers will have access to the diagnostic and repair tools to help maintain and repair equipment.
SPUR Program
Idaho Ag Today
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the Strengthening Processing for U.S. Ranchers (SPUR) Program.
Farm Outlook Dims; Trade Tensions Over Brazilian Beef and ScrewWorm Response Grow
Line on Agriculture
The Ag Economy Barometer dropped to 113 in June, with current conditions at 102 and future expectations at 106. Cattle groups oppose the US Trade Representative's potential exemption of Brazilian beef from Section 301 tariffs. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is advocating for ivermectin in livestock feed to combat the New World screwworm spreading in Texas.
Sterilizing screworms
Idaho Ag Today
A new sterile-fly production plant opened in Metapa de Domínguez, Chiapas, Mexico, on June 27, 2026.
New World screwworm Entry
Idaho Ag Today
The ISDA recently announced additional state entry requirements for animals in response to New World screwworm (NWS) detections
Title: UC Davis Project Funded Through USDA Screwworm Initiative
California Ag Today
New World Screwworm Grand Challenge supports California-led detection research as U.S. cases continue to mount.
Georgia Animal Movement Changes and H-2A Continues to Grow
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia Ag Commissioner announces enhanced interstate animal movement requirements for all warm-blooded animals entering Georgia from Texas, and the H-2A ag worker program continues to grow, with the DOL certifying 17% more jobs in the first half of fiscal 2026 than last year.
Southeast Researchers Join USDA Screwworm Fight
Southeast Regional Ag News
University of Florida, Auburn University, and NCBA are among recipients of funding through USDA's New World Screwworm Grand Challenge.
New World Screwworm Vigilance in Washington
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Now that New World Screwworm has made its way across our southern border and infected cattle in Texas and New Mexico, the question is, should we need to be worried about it up here in the Pacific Northwest?
New World Screwworm Federal Response Continues
Line on Agriculture
USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins visited the Texas ranch that had the first case of NWS in an animal since 1966.
New World Screwworm - Don't Panic
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Confirmed cases of New World Screwworm bring reasons for vigilance, but not panic.
USMCA Affordability and More New World Screwworm Discovered
The Agribusiness Update
Purdue Universities’ new ‘USMCA Affordability Study’ finds that tariff reductions under these trade agreements help lower food prices by roughly 7% of household food expenditures, and the USDA confirmed three additional cases of the flesh-eating New World screwworm.
Innovations To Address New World Screwworm
Farm of the Future
Ag Secretary says the USDA is leading a coordinated One Health response to combat New World Screwworm, and says additional innovative solutions are in the works.