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Millions of flies to be dropped over Texas to combat flesh-eating maggots
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 ...
How these flies could save Texas ranchers from a dangerous pest
The unusual operation is a critical part of a strategy to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that ...
The Western Journal on MSN1h
Feds Breeding Billions of Flies, Planning to Dump Them on Texas and Mexico
The federal government is currently breeding billions of sterile screwworm flies in an effort to combat a deadly parasite ...
The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work
The pest spawns flesh-eating larvae that could devastate the American beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph3h
South of the Border: Efforts ramp up to stop screwworm short of the US
It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from ...
The Fence Post6h
USDA announces the phased reopening of southern ports for livestock trade
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and equines from ...
The Comanche Chief6h
Website launched to support producers, landowners and wildlife managers navigate New World screwworm; Texas drought monitor report summary
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association assisted in the launch of a new website to serve as a centralized hub for producers, landowners and wildlife managers navigating the threat of the New ...
Why is the USDA dropping millions of flies over Texas?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...
WIBW on MSN19h
Animal science expert explains encroaching parasite
Justin Smith of the Kansas Department of Agriculture talks about the New World Screwworm parasite and its northward expansion ...