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USDA Declares War on Screwworm Menace with New Texas Facility to Shield American Cattle!

USDA launches a key initiative with a new sterile fly facility in Texas to combat the New World Screwworm and protect US ...
Midland Reporter-Telegram on MSN1d

USDA unveils major plan to fight New World screwworm with Tick Riders, detector dogs, Texas facility

USDA unveils a five-pronged plan with Tick Riders, detector dogs and a Texas sterile-fly facility to combat New World ...
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Breaking News: USDA to Invest $750 Million to Build a Domestic Sterile Fly Production Facility

Rollins announces plan to build a facility in Edinburg, Texas, capable of producing 300 million sterile screw worm flies per ...
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USDA Allocates $750 Million for New Screwworm Defense Facility in Edinburg, Texas to Protect National Livestock and Economy

The USDA invests $750 million in a facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the New World screwworm, protecting U.S. livestock ...
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USDA to build $750 million sterile fly facility in Texas to combat NWS threat

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing up to $750 million to build the United States’ first ...

Focus at Four: How SIT technique will be used to wipe out New World screwworm

Governor Greg Abbott announced that at least $750 million will go into a new Texas facility to prevent the spread of this ...
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USDA Secretary announces large federal investment, new South Texas facility to combat New World screwworm

Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN1d

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.
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Border remains closed to cattle as USDA rolls out plan to stop spread of parasite

The USDA plan comes alongside a monthslong shutdown of the Mexico-U.S. border for cattle. The shutdown has affected Mexican ...