New Texas Sterile-Fly Facility Anchors USDA Fight Against New World Screwworm

New Texas sterile-fly facility anchors USDA fight against New World screwworm

USDA unveils a five-pronged plan with Tick Riders, detector dogs and a Texas sterile-fly facility to combat New World screwworm.

The US Plans to Build a $750M Fly Factory in Texas to Stop a Flesh-Eating Cattle Parasite

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging the American cattle industry. Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture hopes to be producing and releasing sterile male New World screwworm flies into the wild within a year from the new factory on Moore Air…

U.S. to build sterile fly factory in Texas to stop screwworm from devastating livestock industry

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.

USDA Announces New Plans to Combat Flesh-Eating Parasite Spreading From Mexico - The Thinking Conservative

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a new plan to protect the US from the threat posed by flesh-eating flies south of the border, USDA said. The post USDA Announces New Plans to Combat Flesh-Eating Parasite Spreading From Mexico appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

Cornyn Statement on New Federal New World Screwworm Investment

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement in response to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins and Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement of nearly $1 billion in federal investment, including $750 million for a new sterile fly production facility, to combat the New World screwworm (NWS):“Texas has long led the nation’s cattle

USDA adds to New World screwworm eradication efforts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced its largest initiative yet to combat the New World screwworm.