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U.S. plans to build $750 million fly factory in Texas to fight flesh-eating maggot

Officials say the screwworm has the potential to devastate the cattle industry, send beef prices soaring and kill wildlife.
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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 ...

Gov. Abbott announces $750M New World Screwworm protection facility

The facility will have the capacity to produce 300 million sterile screwworm flies per week, tripling the current capacity to ...
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U.S. will build sterile fly factory in Texas to stop screwworm from devastating livestock industry

Mounted patrol officers, known as tick riders, who typically patrol the southern border to protect cattle from fever tick, ...

Abbott, Rollins announce plans to address screwworm threat on cattle, livestock

On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly addressed "plans to fight ...

In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms

The devastating pests have crossed Central America. Despite stepped-up efforts, there are not enough sterile flies to stop ...

Deadly truck crash, Texas' second special session, screwworm threat and more | Houston Live & Local: Weekend Edition

Lina de Florias fills in and covers the top afternoon reports from Houston and beyond for Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025.
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Screwworm Coalition launches resource website

The Screwworm Coalition of Texas, a coalition of 13 Texas groups, has launched a new website to deliver reliable information.