AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's note: An earlier version misstated that fly releases would begin next July in South Texas. The USDA could release flies if needed, but current efforts remain focused on ...

Ranch hands move cattle at a ranch that supplies livestock for export to the U.S., in Zamora, northern Mexico, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, as the U.S. border remains closed to Mexican cattle imports over ...

The Texas Department of Agriculture will be deploying synthetic bait in an effort to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that poses a serious threat to the beef industry, ...