USDA will phase in cattle, bison, and equine imports from Mexico starting July 2025 after enhanced screwworm surveillance and ...

Following a New World screwworm assessment by USDA staff in Mexico and ongoing conversations between Secretary Rollins and ...

On June 18, 2025, Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a bold plan to combat New World screwworm (NWS). This plan calls for innovation to eradicate this pest from Mexico and Central ...

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service further postpones effective date for Horse Protection Act final rule to Feb. 1, 2026. ... APHIS is also taking public comment on the delay.

USDA animal and plant health staff exodus raises fears on farms More than a thousand people who worked to keep American ... Kevin Shea spent 45 years at the USDA, most of that time at APHIS.

The USDA said that despite confirmation of the first D1.1 strain among cattle, it does not change its strategy for detecting ...