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The federal government plans to combat flesh-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock by dropping millions of sterile flies ...
TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a phased reopening of cattle, bison, and equine imports from Mexico after a temporary halt due to the New World Screwworm outbreak. Imports were ...
The U.S. government plans to release billions of sterilized flies over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating pest ...
There is already a fly factory in Panama, capable of breeding up to 117 million flies a week. But that is now considered inadequate by the US, which wants to quadruple production and has earmarked ...
USDA combats flesh-eating New World Screwworm by breeding sterilized flies for release over Mexico and Texas, with a new fly ...
The reopening begins with the Douglas, Arizona port, followed by Columbus and Santa Teresa in New Mexico, and later ports in Texas including Del Rio and Laredo. Each phase depends on risk assessments ...