USDA announces funds for a high-capacity sterile fly facility to halt NWS spread

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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