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 | 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 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 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 | Apr 2, 2026 | Articles, Daily Headlines, News, The Fence Post Articles
Rollins: Limited Mexican border reopening strategy shaping up At a recent Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers meeting, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said conversations are intensifying about a limited border reopening strategy to allow Mexican cattle...
