Cattle at a feedlot near North Platte, Nebraska. (AndrewLinscott/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak

USDA criticized by cattle producers for failing to take timely measures to prevent screwworm from entering the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, from an outbreak-affected country.


Auctioneer Casey Lawes at work. Screencap via Livestock Markets Association of Canada's Facebook page.

Auctioneering runs in Lawes family’s blood

Casey Lawes, the 2025 Canadian livestock auctioneering champion, comes from a long line of auctioneers

Reading Time: 3 minutes A genuine personality and respect for ranchers helped Casey Lawes of Provost, Alberta win the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s auctioneering championship.







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Province streamlines rules for ag marketing boards, commissions

Producer groups on board with ‘red tape cutting’ measure removing redundant regulations from foundational document

Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta farm marketing organizations are applauding the Province of Alberta for new amendments eliminating redundant paperwork-intensive regulations for agriculture marketing boards and commissions.