USDA confirms New World screwworm within 70 miles of the U.S. border, Secretary says “we are prepared”

The USDA says New World screwworm has been confirmed within 70 miles of the U.S. border.  In a release late Sunday evening, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says Mexico’s government has detected the pest in the state of Nuevo Leon.  This is now the northernmost detection of NWS during this outbreak. In a post on X, […]

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