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What to know about screwworm threats as US suspends livestock imports from Mexico over flesh eating maggot

The deadly parasitic flies use their mouth hooks to burrow into open wounds

The Independent UK · May 12, 2025

The end of the CAP as we know it? Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' senior agriculture and health reporter Gerardo Fortuna

Euronews · May 12, 2025

In visit to Texas, RFK Jr. said autism, diabetes deserve more attention than measles

During a visit to College Station, the U.S. health secretary said Europe has a worse track record with the virus, which gets too much media attention.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 29, 2025

U-turn as SNP Government opens door to genetically edited food in Scotland

THE SNP Government has U-turned on its long-standing opposition to genetically edited (GE) foods, opening the door to their potential sale and…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 6, 2025

Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

President Donald Trump's administration has rolled back environmental protections around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests under an emergency designation issued Friday that cites the dangers of wildfires

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025

Egg prices were starting to recover. Tariffs could halt that.

That omelet won't be getting much cheaper.

Fortune · Apr 4, 2025

Trump Admin Gets Backlash Over Policy Linking Food Stamps to Immigration Status: Report

"The days in which taxpayer dollars are used to subsidize illegal immigration are over," said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in a memo reported by The Guardian

Latin Times · Mar 22, 2025

US agriculture department announces $100m in funding for bird flu vaccine research

Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity

The Guardian - US · Mar 20, 2025

How Trump could ‘dismantle’ decades of work to fix discrimination against Black farmers

After decades of discrimination against Black farmers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been trying to change course. That all could come to an end under Trump, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2025

Trump administration says egg prices are lower, but other data calls that into question

Agriculture Secretary says prices have dropped by nearly $2 per dozen.

Fortune · Mar 12, 2025