USDA Ramps Up Mexico Partnership as Trade Mission Expands and New Screwworm Facility Opens

USDA Response To NWS Detections Enhanced By New Tampico Mexico Facility

USDA Unveils Sterile Fly Production Facility in Tampico to Strengthen New World Screwworm Response Image courtesy of USDA. With the recent detections of New World Screwworm in Mexico, U.S. and Mexican agricultural authorities are intensifying efforts to prevent the pest from advancing northward. The USDA, in partnership with Mexico’s agriculture agency, has announced the development of a new sterile fly production facility in Tampico, Mexico—an …

USDA Ramps Up Mexico Partnership as Trade Mission Expands and New Screwworm Facility Opens

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is intensifying its economic and biosecurity engagement with Mexico, unveiling the largest agribusiness trade mission in its history while launching a new frontline facility to combat the spread of the destructive New World screwworm. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins led the dual-track effort earlier this month in Mexico City, where she hosted the record-setting trade mission and me…