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USDA Clears Two Zones in Fight Against New World Screwworms in Texas

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the release of two New World screwworm (NWS) infested zones in Texas in yet another victory against the feared pest. The most recent development in the battle to control the spread of NWS marks the first NWS-infested zones to be released and cleared in Texas since the first case was detected in the state in June.

USDA Sets Two Zones to Fight New World Screwworms in Texas (USDA)

Texas’ First Screwworm-Infected Calf Fully Recovers

The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, is traveling across Texas to highlight progress in the battle against the New World Screwworm. Rollins visited the Zavala County Ranch where the first case of the flesh-eating parasite was discovered and highlighted the full recovery of case one after nine days of treatment.

Texas' First Screwworm Infected Calf Fully Recovers (PHOTOS: USDA)

‘We’re the United States, but They Treat Us Like a Colony’: USDA Farm Security Plan Targets China’s Bioterrorism, Land Grabs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture formally announced its National Farm Security Action Plan on Tuesday, rallying top Trump administration officials, Republican governors, and lawmakers around a resolute effort to protect American farmland, food supply chains, and agricultural research from foreign threats, especially Communist China.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a joint press conference with France's President Emmanu

Exclusive — Brooke Rollins on Immigration Enforcement: Agriculture Needs to Turn Toward Technology, Away from Illegal Migrant Labor

WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that the United States is encouraging farmers to turn to robots, machines, and other technology, and away from illegal alien migrant labor, as President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up immigration enforcement activity.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins prepares to do a television interview at the White Ho