Texas delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) policy session led an effort to firmly establish guidelines for preventing further spread of cattle fever ticks. “Cattle fever ticks, and the disease they carry, can have a devastating impact on the cattle business,” Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) President Russell Boening said. Farmer and rancher delegates voted to support wildlife fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border in the permanent quarantine zone to help stop the inflow of livestock and wildlife—such as nilgai, deer and other exotic hoofstock—that are potential carriers of cattle fever ticks. The second resolution that was proposed by TFB members and approved ...