February 11, 2026 – Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins joined Governor Greg Abbott in Texas Monday to announce the opening of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) facility that will be ...

Tractors block a roundabout during a protest called by French farmers unions Coordination Rurale and ELB (Euskal Herriko Laborarien Batasuna) in Saint-Jean de Luz southwestern France on December 14, ...

Early birds may get worms, but livestock farmers planning fly control in winter benefit by preventing a population explosion of common and stable flies next summer. Starting a tailored fly management ...

Drones are pretty much ubiquitous these days, and there are so many types, it's truly remarkable. One niche in the drone market involves long-runtime drones, which appeal to all sorts of industries, ...

Scientists conducted a study to reduce fly bites on cattle by painting zebra stripes on them as an alternative to using pesticides. They compared three cows: one with zebra stripes (Cow A), one with ...

It can be tempting to make homemade fly spray for horses – it's relatively quick to do, it's easy to find recipes, and can offer savings in comparison to picking up a commercial product. However, is ...

The United States plans to breed thousands of sterile flies in a southern Texas factory in an effort to protect American cattle from flesh-eating maggots in Mexico. The New World screwworm is a ...

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging ...

Though I aged out of Girl Scouts decades ago, the Girl Scout within me remains ever present. Way back in 1984, during my initial foray into the Scouting world, my 8-year-old self took to heart the ...