The USDA has announced another major investment in the fight against New World screwworm. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the department will invest up to $750 million to build a domestic sterile fly production facility in Edinburg, Texas, about 20 miles from the southern border. “With the capacity to produce 300 million sterile screwworm flies […]
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