NWS Eradication Effort Update - Cattle Southeast AgNET

NWS Eradication Effort Update - Cattle Southeast AgNET

USDA Responds to New World Screwworm (NWS) Detection Near U.S.-Mexico Border Image courtesy of USDA. Following the recent detection of New World Screwworm just 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ramping up efforts to prevent the pest’s entry into the United States. Lauren Stump, USDA’s Deputy Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, provided a detailed update on current eradication str…

Collaboration Key in NWS Prevention and Eradication - Southern Farm Network

With the approach of New World screw worm now closer to our nation’s southern border, “that is in Nuevo Leon was made known to us on September 21, and we have boots on the ground in Mexico determining exactly what happened there.” Animal health officials, like Agriculture Department Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Lauren Stump, acknowledge an already aggressive approach by our country to protect our border and our na…