The USDA launched a bold plan to halt the spread of deadly ‘man-eater’ maggots as a potential infestation threatens livestock ...

The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots with a multimillion-dollar ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is deploying extensive emergency resources to assist Central Texas communities impacted by ...

The invasive spotted lanternfly, a pest harmful to agriculture and forestry, has been detected in South Carolina. Clemson ...

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent (Dec. 12, 2024) a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack requesting the U.S.

The Senate will start moving its fiscal 2026 spending bills, including the Agriculture bill that funds USDA and FDA. The ag ...

The Mexican government has started construction on a $51 million facility in southern Mexico as part of an effort to combat the New World screwworm that’s disrupted Mexican cattle exports to the U.S.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it has prepared a revised draft environmental impact ...

The sterile fly technique, first used by the U.S. in the 1960s and now in Panama, prevents female screwworms from reproducing ...

Wischmeier, W.H. and Smith, D.D. (1978) Predicting Rainfall Erosion Losses. A Guide to Conservation Planning. The USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 537, Maryland.

The USDA wants to deregulate (approve for release into the wild) the GM American chestnut tree in spite of the fact that it ...