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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...
The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they’ll kill off a ...
The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.
Here’s one reason to shut down the border. To combat the flesh-eating larvae (maggots) of the New World Screwworm (NWS) that’s wreaking havoc among livestock along […] ...
USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.
The US plans to release billions of radiation-treated flies to stop flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock, wildlife, and ...
The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and equines from ...
High calf prices, weather and a new threat will headline the general session of the 71st annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 4-6.
Justin Smith of the Kansas Department of Agriculture talks about the New World Screwworm parasite and its northward expansion ...
Most people will reflexively recoil at the words "flesh-eating maggots," and if you're one of them, you'll probably be ...
CME August lean hogs ended down 1.800 cents at 106.100 cents per pound after hitting their lowest level since June 3. The actively traded contract was down 3.8% in the week in a second straight weekly ...