by Sam Tenpenny | Jul 27, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News
Miller, Meat Institute, NCBA pleased border to open to Mexican cattle After Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced Friday that the U.S. government would open Arizona and New Mexico ports of entry to Mexican cattle, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, the Meat...
by Sam Tenpenny | Jul 10, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News, The Fence Post Articles
Bred heifers, grass, risk protection all key to herd rebuild About 75% of the nation’s cowherd is located in areas experiencing drought conditions and that is significant, according to one economist, when the nation is also attempting to build herd numbers back up...
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...
