Officials say the screwworm has the potential to devastate the cattle industry, send beef prices soaring and kill wildlife.

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed “plans to fight back against threats posed by the New World screwworm.” ...

Rollins announces plan to build a facility in Edinburg, Texas, capable of producing 300 million sterile screw worm flies per ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins are raising awareness about the New World screwworm.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spend up to $750 million to build a sterile fly production facility in Texas to fight ...

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies to ramp up its efforts to ...

NWS is a devastating pest, the USDA said. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause ...

The father, Lorenzo Varisano, says he hopes the department will help a new generation of small farmers to care for the land ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the U.S. Agriculture Secretary met on Friday to announce steps to battle an invasive species that ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins came to the Iowa State Fair Saturday to compete in the Governor’s Charity Steer ...

The visit to South Dakota will be Rollins' first since taking office in February. A native of Texas, Rollins was selected by ...

Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...