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200 Years of Bilateral Relations with Mexico: Protecting Agricultural Resources from Plant Pests and Animal Disease Threats on Both Sides of the Border

January 19, 2023 Nick Gutiérrez, APHIS, International Services Regional Manager in Mexico

As of December 2022, United States and Mexico are celebrating 200 years of bilateral relations. Over these two hundred years, our nations have developed rich diplomatic and cultural ties where agriculture and trade considerations feature a prominent role.

Animals Plants Trade

Alternative Uses for Fladry

December 15, 2022 Gail Keirn, Wildlife Services Communication Program Specialist, APHIS

Wildlife Services (WS) experts are exploring how fladry, a nonlethal tool used to protect cattle, sheep, and other livestock from wolves, can prevent other wildlife damage.

Animals

Becoming a Tree Climber: Training in the Trees

November 28, 2022 Merilyn Navarro Sanchez, Communications Intern, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

For the first time ever, expert tree climbers with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) Eradication Program trained fellow APHIS employees from another program on how to climb trees with a purpose.

Animals

Tracking Citrus Health in the Texas Rio Grande Valley

November 07, 2022 Nohelia Lopez-Izaguirre, APHIS Public Affairs Intern

Growing up in the Texas Rio Grande Valley - in the richness of Mexican-Texan culture, tradition, and food - citrus is a staple in our everyday life. But I never knew that diseases threatened citrus production. That changed this summer. As a communications intern, I had the opportunity to job shadow...

Animals Plants

African Swine Fever, Part 2: Safeguarding the Future

October 13, 2022 Shilo Weir, APHIS Public Affairs Specialist

USDA has a proven track record of protecting U.S. farmers and has many safeguards in place to prevent the introduction of foreign animal diseases.

Animals

African Swine Fever, Part 1: A Look at the Past

October 11, 2022 Shilo Weir, APHIS Public Affairs Specialist

African swine fever (ASF) has existed for more than a century. ASF is a highly contagious, deadly disease affecting both domestic and feral pigs, devastating pork industries around the globe. ASF was first described in 1921 in Kenya. In the decades that followed, it spread in several sub-Saharan...

Animals

For the Love of Trees, Please Check Yours for Asian Longhorned Beetle

August 30, 2022 Jenny Lester Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

I recently decided to go for a walk on a seasonably warm afternoon. I got out of my car at a wooded recreation area and immediately noticed how much cooler the air felt, thanks to the biggest plants on Earth – trees. From my years growing up on and then managing my family’s organic walnut farm I...

Forestry Initiatives Plants

Scientists Explore Gene Editing to Manage Invasive Species

July 20, 2022 Cecilia Sequeira, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

In the U.S., the environmental and economic costs caused by invasive species are estimated to exceed $120 billion per year. Since invasive pests have few or no natural predators, they can quickly spread, and throw off entire ecosystems by pushing out native species and reducing biological diversity...

Animals Research and Science

Recognizing the Resilience of USDA Veterinarians this World Veterinary Day

April 27, 2022 Dr. Rosemary Sifford, DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer of the United States, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Dr. Kis Robertson-Hale, Chief Public Health Veterinarian of the United States, Food Safety and Inspection Service

April 30 is World Veterinary Day: a day to celebrate veterinarians, their work and their impact. Although the importance of veterinarians is hardly a secret, people often forget that veterinarians’ work goes beyond clinical care of animals. USDA employs more veterinarians than any other department...

Animals

APHIS Supports Earth Day Mission Every Day

April 22, 2022 Jenny Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

Earth Day is a global movement empowering people to create real change in the world to help our environment and natural resources. I recently visited two Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) laboratories to see the actions they are taking to stop invasive insects and protect crops and...

Animals Plants Research and Science
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