The Texas Farm Bureau is advancing its efforts to protect the industry from New World screwworm with the launch of a new resource website.
Travy Tomascik spoke with RFD-TV’s Suzanne Alexander about the resource, collaborating with the Screwworm Coalition of Texas, and what producers need to know.
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