All posts tagged "Cattle"

A flesh-eating parasite has the Trump administration backpedaling fast ahead of the midterm elections, according to a new report.

New World screwworm, a parasite that threatens U.S. livestock, forced the Agriculture department to partially lifting its ban on cattle imports from Mexico, according to a Friday night report from Politico.

The Trump administration is reportedly trying to lower the prices of beef ahead of the midterms. ...

Authorities in Texas have launched an investigation into "suspicious cattle deaths" that have been reported in at least three counties.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office in Texas said on Facebook Wednesday that it is investigating the death and mutilation of multiple cattle along Texas State Highway OSR. Ranchers reportedly told police that a "6-year-old longhorn-cross cow had been found lying on her side, deceased, and mutilated on their ranch."

"A straight, clean cut, with apparent precision, had been made to remove the hide around the cow’s mouth on one side, leaving the meat under the removed hide untouched," the office wrote. "The tongue was also completely removed from the body with no blood spill. It was noted there were no signs of struggle and the grass around the cow was undisturbed. No footprints or tire tracks were noted in the area."...

Houston (AFP) - A "horrific" explosion and fire at a dairy farm in the southern US state of Texas killed about 18,000 head of cattle and injured one agricultural worker, authorities said on Thursday. "This was the deadliest barn fire for cattle in Texas history and the investigation and cleanup may take some time," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement. The explosion and fire ripped through the Southfork Dairy Farms near the town of Dimmitt in the Texas Panhandle on Monday night. Firefighters and police rushed to the scene and "determined that one person was trapped ins......