Tom Polansek

American consumers are facing persistently high beef prices as the U.S. cattle herd shrinks to its lowest level in decades after years of drought, rising feed costs and ranch closures

American consumers are facing persistently high beef prices as the U.S. cattle herd shrinks to its lowest level in decades after years of drought, rising feed costs and ranch closures

CHICAGO — New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that eats warm-blooded animals alive, was found in a calf in Texas, the U.S.

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The USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames have confirmed the deadly screwworm has reached cattle in Texas.

LA PRYOR, Texas - Following the first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a U.S. farm in decades, federal and state officials

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday no other screwworm infestations of cattle or other animals have been detected around the confirmed case in South Texas.

Heather Schlitz, Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas | Reuters A flesh-eating parasite known as screwworm has been confirmed in a calf on a South Texas farm.

LUBBOCK, Texas/SALTILLO, Mexico - Lubbock Feeders has been fattening cattle in West Texas since Dwight Eisenhower was U.S. president. Now, row upon row of pens sit empty.