Insights and Stories of Leah Douglas

Cattle walk through a fenced channel at a feedlot

U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

Aug. 26, 2025 at 9:58 am CDT

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the flesh-eating parasite, and there was no sign of transmission to other people or animals, the Maryland Department of Health said on Monday. Ranchers criticized a lack of transparency about the case.

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

Aug. 25, 2025 at 9:53 am CDT

By Cassandra Garrison Leah Douglas Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. soybean farmers urge Trump to make purchase deal with China

Aug. 19, 2025 at 12:32 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Animal health worker Eduardo Lugo treats the wounds of a cow as Chihuahua ranchers intensify surveillance for the screwworm after the U.S. suspended cattle imports following the detection of the parasite in southern Mexico, at the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union, in Nuevo Palomas, Mexico May 16, 2025.

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

Aug. 15, 2025 at 2:04 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters Tom Polansek

U.S. Republicans continue push to override California animal welfare law

Jul. 23, 2025 at 1:40 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas Reuters

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks during a press conference to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s "National Farm Security Action Plan," outside the USDA in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

U.S. farm secretary says ‘no amnesty’ for farmworkers from deportation

Jul. 8, 2025 at 3:19 pm CDT

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that there will be “no amnesty” for agricultural workers as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to deport all immigrants in the country illegally.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

USDA plans sterile fly facility in Texas to combat screwworm

Jun. 18, 2025 at 3:54 pm CDT

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced plans on Wednesday to open a sterile fly dispersal facility in Hidalgo County, Texas, as part of the country's effort to fight the encroachment of New World screwworm.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

An agent passes meat being prepared during a raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a Glenn Valley Foods meat production plant in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. June 10, 2025 in a still image from video.

ICE walks back limits on raids targeting farms, restaurants and hotels

Jun. 17, 2025 at 4:01 pm CDT

U.S. immigration officials have walked back limits on enforcement targeting farms, restaurants, hotels and food processing plants just days after putting restrictions in place, two former officials familiar with the matter said, an abrupt shift that followed contradictory public statements by President Donald Trump.

By Leah Douglas Reuters Ted Hesson

Canola seed pours from a combine into a grain cart.

U.S. Senate bill would shrink tax credit for biofuels made from foreign feedstocks

Jun. 16, 2025 at 5:13 pm CDT

U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a tax bill that would extend a clean fuel tax credit through 2031, but trim 20 per cent of the value of the credit for biofuels made from feedstocks produced outside of the United States.

By Leah Douglas Reuters

Staff exodus at U.S. farm agency leaves fewer experts to battle bird flu

May. 12, 2025 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago/Washington | Reuters – Hundreds of veterinarians, support staff and lab workers at the animal health arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have left under the Trump administration’s push for resignations, according to three sources familiar with the situation, leaving fewer specialists to respond to animal disease outbreaks. The […]

By Leah Douglas Tom Polansek

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Insights and Stories of Leah Douglas

U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

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

U.S. soybean farmers urge Trump to make purchase deal with China

USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworm

U.S. Republicans continue push to override California animal welfare law

U.S. farm secretary says ‘no amnesty’ for farmworkers from deportation

USDA plans sterile fly facility in Texas to combat screwworm

ICE walks back limits on raids targeting farms, restaurants and hotels

U.S. Senate bill would shrink tax credit for biofuels made from foreign feedstocks

Staff exodus at U.S. farm agency leaves fewer experts to battle bird flu

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