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• Local Ranchers On Alert amid Cattle Tick Fever Outbreak Play Video

  May 20, 2019 4:48 PM

  SAN JUAN – A new cattle fever tick outbreak is alarming Rio Grande Valley ranchers. The disease can spread onto farm land and make an impact on profits. A spokesperson for Texas Animal Health Commission says fever ticks do not affect humans, but a bite can attack a... more »

• New USDA Program to Combat Cattle Diseases Play Video

  February 5, 2019 5:35 PM

  WESLACO – Cameron County ranchers are teaming up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test out a new spray protection program. The program is aimed at killing “cattle fever ticks” and the deadly disease they’re known to carry and pass along livestock. A total of 150 field... more »