by Sam Tenpenny | Jun 25, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News, The Fence Post Articles
NCBA’s Woodall at CCA on screwworm, alpha-gal, and beef demand The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association annual meeting in Loveland has wrapped up. There was no shortage of topics to discuss over the three-day meeting, but drought, cattle prices and screwworm were...
by Sam Tenpenny | Jun 24, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News
USDA opens state-of-the-art livestock insects research laboratory to combat livestock pests The United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service opened the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, a state-of-the-art...
by Sam Tenpenny | Jun 12, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News
New World screwworm returns to North America: Implications for Nebraska livestock producers LINCOLN, Neb. — The New World screwworm (NWS), Cochliomyia hominivorax, is among the most destructive livestock pests ever encountered in the Western Hemisphere. Unlike most...
by Sam Tenpenny | Jun 5, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News
Rollins: Screwworm won’t ‘compromise’ cattle movement The discovery of New World screwworm in a calf in south Texas will not “compromise” the movement of cattle in south Texas, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins told The Hagstrom Report after a House Agriculture...
by Sam Tenpenny | Jun 4, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News
APHIS confirms New World screwworm in Texas calf; food supply safe The Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the detection of a New World screwworm (NWS) late Wednesday in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas. NWS is a...
by Sam Tenpenny | May 20, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News, The Fence Post Articles
Cargill initiates lockout at Fort Morgan beef plant Concrete barricades stand at the entrance to the Cargill beef plant in Fort Morgan, Colo., after weeks of inactivity. A Cargill representative did confirm that Cargill initiated a lockout on May 20, 2026, at the Fort...
