SCREVEN COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - A parasite not seen in the United States since the 1960s is making a comeback, and Georgia cattle producers are watching closely. The New World Screwworm has been ...

A family-owned cattle farm says they’re fighting Georgia Power’s efforts to acquire some of their pastureland to build an electrical substation. Kyle and Emily Newberry, who own the 70-acre farm in ...

ATLANTA — It hasn’t been a “thing” since being eradicated in 1966, but over the past couple of months, reports of Screwworm infestations are beginning to resurface. The “New World Screwworm” has been ...

TATTNALL COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) - Georgia agriculture officials are tightening import rules for livestock entering the state after a rare and destructive parasite was recently detected in the Southwest.

FITZGERALD, Georgia — Watching a herd of cattle methodically moving through the pastureland at Deep Grass Graziers in southeast Georgia, you might not guess that the most important element of such an ...

Facing bone dry pastures as drought persists in Georgia, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday that livestock producers in 20 counties can now apply for financial assistance to ...