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USDA Extends Sterile Fly Zone into Texas
Line on Agriculture
The USDA has shifted its strategy to combat the New World screwworm, which is approaching the U.S. border, by releasing sterile male screwworm flies 50 miles into Texas
New World Screwworm Eradication Costs Underscore Need for Proposed Facility
Line on Agriculture
The potential cost of NWS if it enters the US is huge, and the stakes are high for cattle producers shows why it is important to take steps now to ensure it does not cross over into the US from Mexico.
Cattle Group Supports USDA Investment in New World Srewworm Control
Line on Agriculture
USDA is investing in South America to upgrade a facility that will increase the number of sterile flies that can be used to mate with the New World screwworm females, which then kill the pest as females can only mate once.
USDA Investing More to Control New World Screwworm
Line on Agriculture
In addition to current NWS control efforts, USDA is investing $21 million to resurrect a facility that will produce more sterile flies to drop into NWS-infested areas of Mexico as a way of preventing it from coming into the US.