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The Maryland Department of Health said the patient with the first human infection of a travel-associated New World screwworm in the U.S. has recovered from the flesh-eating parasite.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association announced its continued support of the USDA’s aggressive plan to combat the spread of New World screwworm.

The cattle industry isn’t the only part of the livestock sector with low inventory. Jim Matheson, executive director of the National Bison Association, says his producers are in a similar situation.

Two senators introduced legislation intended to boost the ag industry’s resilience against cyber-attacks.

Over 122 million more people around the world are facing hunger since 2019 due to COVID-19 and repeated weather shocks and conflicts like the war in Ukraine.

Last Wednesday, the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract.

More than 18,000 cattle were killed last week in an explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle, the countries deadliest such fire on record.

Another Ag group is expressing disappointment in the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to change the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

Cue the X-Files Music!

Alabama’s largest farm organization reelected President Jimmy Parnell to a fifth two-year term during the Alabama Farmers Federation’s 99th annual meeting in Montgomery Monday.