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LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY URGE USDA TO BEGIN BUILDING NEW WORLD SCREWWORM PRODUCTION FACILITY
Aug. 4, 2025
Agri-Pulse reports:
Some 178 state and national livestock groups on Friday asked Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to "immediately secure" full federal funding for the planned construction of a domestic sterile New World Screwworm fly production facility in Texas to prevent future outbreaks.
In a letter, the groups warned that producers across the nation are growing increasingly concerned about potential outbreaks as the screwworm moves north through Mexico. If the pest were to reach the U.S., the groups suggest national livestock losses could exceed $4.3 billion annually, with total economic damages surpassing $10.6 billion.
To view the letter and its signees click here.
"Losses to the nation's wildlife and livestock are not hypothetical," the letter warns. "They are real, and they are preventable."
Groups that signed on include the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
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