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The Iola Register5h
US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here’s how it will work
A fly factory that grows sterilized screwworm flies — noted for their ability to consume living tissue — should be up and ...
Tri-State Livestock News9h
I-BAND Signs Joint Letter Urging USDA to Maintain Ban on Mexican Cattle Imports Amid Screwworm Threat
The Independent Beef Association of North Dakota (I-BAND) has joined a coalition of national, state, and county cattle associations in signing a formal letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke ...
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 species of insect known for laying its flesh-eating larvae in the wounds ...
The USDA’s Unusual Plan to Stop a Flesh-Eating Parasite: Flies
The sterile fly technique, first used by the U.S. in the 1960s and now in Panama, prevents female screwworms from reproducing ...
El Mundo on MSN15h
The United States issues a health alert due to the infection of the screwworm in humans in Nicaragua
This carnivorous parasite, which jumps to humans from livestock, has already infected 124 people in the Central American country. The United States remains very concerned about the presence of the ...
Ag Briefs: Cattle groups urge USDA to maintain ban on Mexican livestock imports
Recalled turkey bacon, angry cattle groups and butter institute calls out Country Crock...check out all the latest ag ...
Wisconsin Farmer17h
Over 36K lbs. of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon recalled
Recalled turkey bacon, angry cattle groups and butter institute calls out Country Crock...check out all the latest ag ...
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)21h
Mexico sending cattle to US again as pest problem eases
MEXICO CITY, July 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Mexico resumed cattle exports to the United States on Monday after Washington announced ...