US farm agency says Texas sterile fly facility to open in spring 2027
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Giant Texas Sterile Fly Facility for Combating Flesh-Eating Screwworm to Open Spring 2027
The Department of Agriculture said on Aug. 10 that a Texas facility for breeding sterile flies to combat screwworm will open ahead of schedule in spring 2027. New World screwworm is a pest that affects livestock, pets, wildlife, and, less commonly, people and birds. The screwworm maggots burrow into the flesh of living animals, causing serious damage to livestock and economic losses. Screwworms were eradicated from the United States in the 196…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that a Texas facility for the breeding of sterile flies to combat the sweeper worm will be inaugurated earlier than expected, in the spring of 2027. Previously, the agency had indicated that the plant would be operational by the end of next year. In June, Texas detected the first parasitic fly infestation of the sweeper worm in three decades, threatening losses of up to $1 billion for the state’…
US farm agency says Texas sterile fly facility to open in spring 2027
Texas Sterile Fly Facility Opens Spring 2027
There’s a pest making a comeback in the U.S., and it’s bad enough that the government is racing to build an entire factory dedicated to fighting it by breeding flies. The New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that was mostly wiped out of the U.S. decades ago, has returned. In response, the USDA has sped […]
In June the entity detected the first infestation in the country of the parasitic fly of the New World sweeper worm in 30 years.
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