USDA to attack New World Screwworm

Texas will be the first line of defense in the fight to battle a major threat to the U.S. economy and food supply. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is establishing a New World Screwworm (NWS) sterile fly facility in Texas. The facility will take shape at Moore Air Field in Hidalgo County, the USDA announced last week. “The United States has defeated NWS before and we will do it again,” said USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins as the decision was announced June 18. “We do not take lightly the threat NWS poses to our livestock industry, our economy, and our...

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