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USDA Secretary announces large federal investment, new South Texas facility to combat New World screwworm
Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins at the Texas Capitol where Rollins announced the federal government’s plan to spend up to $850 million to prevent the New World screwworm’s arrival in the United States.
USDA is spending to keep the New World Screwworm (NWS) out of the U.S. “We are going even further and taking the most ...
WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing up to $750 million to build the United States’ first ...
The USDA invests $750 million in a facility in Edinburg, Texas, to combat the New World screwworm, protecting U.S. livestock ...
Rollins announces plan to build a facility in Edinburg, Texas, capable of producing 300 million sterile screw worm flies per ...
Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who patrol border to protect cattle from fever tick, will also serve as defense against screwworm.
Food safety is a top concern driving U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to combat the threat of New World screwworm (NWS), a pest that is ...
A deadly parasitic fly, the NWS is believed to be 370 miles south, flying north through Mexico from Central America.
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