Mexico's sterile fly production plant in Metapa, Chiapas, is 75% complete, with plans to begin operations at the end of June.
Officials are looking to combat the spread of a potentially deadly, flesh-eating parasite that is creeping uncomfortably ...
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Lieutenant General William H. “Butch” Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, led the groundbreaking for the new sterile ...
According to APHIS, New World screwworm (NWS) is a devastating pest. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause serious, often deadly damage to the animal. NWS ...
A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon. The New World Screwworm has rapidly spread northward from Panama since 2023 and ...
USDA breaks ground on Texas facility to expand screwworm control efforts at Moore Airforce Base in Edinburg, Texas, April 17.
The USDA announced it has completed a sterile fly dispersal facility in Edinburg, Texas, to bolster preparedness against new world screwworm. “This sterile fly dispersal facility was a high priority ...
The federal government is making its biggest move yet to protect Texas livestock from the New World Screwworm, awarding a construction contract for a $750 million sterile fly production facility at ...
Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Lieutenant General William H. “Butch” Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) commanding general, led the groundbreaking for the new ...
Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Lieutenant General William H. “Butch” Graham, U.S. Army Corps of ...