8+ hour, 9+ min ago  (791+ words) Labour shortages add to fears as ranchers scout their own fixes Like many ranchers in South Texas, Susan Storey said nightmarish screwworm outbreaks were among her first childhood memories. Now 62, she still recalls seeing wriggling maggots as they burrowed into…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (390+ words) The quiet Texas cattle town of La Pryor has become ground zero in the fight against screwworm after the first US case in decades was detected there, prompting a livestock quarantine and putting ranchers and pet owners on edge, reported…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (746+ words) Officials race to contain outbreak in South Texas Following the first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a US farm in decades, federal and state officials have fanned out in South Texas, where a calf was found infested this…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (575+ words) The flesh-eating parasite was eradicated in the 1960s but is back New World screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, traveled north from Central America to Mexico before being confirmed in a Texas calf on Wednesday,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (740+ words) Ruaraidh Petre says healthy rangelands, productivity gains and profitability are key to the next phase of sustainability Ruaraidh Petre, executive director of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), spoke to The Cattle Site's Sarah Mikesell at the 2026 NCBA's Cattle…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1147+ words) Denver event highlights need for standardized data and genetic selection to drive sustainability and profitability in cattle production The inaugural'C-Lock Symposium in Denver, Colorado, USA, brought together a focused group of researchers, geneticists, cattle farmers and ranchers, industry leaders and…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (206+ words) Government acts as rodents infest Western Australia's wheatbelt Australia's government said on Saturday it was worried about a plague of mice in the west and would keep working with industry to curb its impact on food supply, reported Reuters." "Obviously…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (439+ words) Extreme heat is pushing global agrifood systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods and health of more than a billion people, Reuters reported, citing a new report by the UN's food and weather agencies. The United Nations Food and Agriculture…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (351+ words) Staple crops outpace export goods in forest loss share Beef production is the leading driver of agriculture-linked deforestation, accounting for 40% of all forest clearing done to open space for food production, Reuters reported, citing details of a study released on…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (273+ words) Africa is home to up to 180 indigenous cattle breeds and nearly 300 goat breeds, yet many face extinction. A new genetics roadmap shows how smarter breeding can raise productivity while lowering environmental impact Hosting approximately'one-third of the world's total livestock population,…...