Sterile Insect Technique

Ag News, Editors, General, Government, Kylene Scott, Livestock, USDA

Officials break ground on new Texas sterile fly production facility 

USDA breaks ground on Texas facility to expand screwworm control efforts at Moore Airforce Base in Edinburg, Texas, April 17. Read More

Animal Health, Beef, Central Region, Equine, Dairy, Sheep and Goats, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Southern Region, Texas

Texas ag commissioner warns of screwworm threat 90 miles from border 

New World Screwworm fly (Texas A&M AgriLife)
Animal Health, Disease, Livestock

Tiny parasite; big problem



A New World screwworm fly. (Photo courtesy USDA.)

Let’s look inside with X-ray vision