COLLEGE STATION - Declining cow numbers have led to consolidation in Texas livestock auction markets following devastating droughts of the past decade, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...

Many interesting things happen at a livestock auction. One buyer was telling me that another buyer had bought a set of feeder heifers that were not guaranteed open. When he had the veterinarian preg ...

Jade Stone exits after leading his 18-month-old Grand Champion Market Steer, Haggard, from Stanton, TX, during Big Tex Youth Livestock Auction, on Friday at State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Shafkat ...

Texas cattle rancher welcomes federal scrutiny of big four meatpacking companies amid America's smallest cattle herd in 70 ...

MCALLEN, Texas -- Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation's multi-billion-dollar cattle industry. As ...

Rhipicephalus microplus, known as the Southern cattle fever tick, are vectors of bovine babesiosis, a deadly disease for ...

RED ROCK, Texas — An invader that could severely damage the state's cattle industry is on Texas’ doorstep and is inching closer to the U.S.-Mexico border. The maggot, known as the New World screwworm, ...

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WACO, Texas — A flesh-eating parasite eradicated from Texas decades ago is now threatening to return, with the deadly New World Screwworm detected in northern Mexico just miles from the state border.

This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration conditionally approved a topical solution for the prevention and treatment of New World screwworms and cattle fever tick.