USDA Deploys Screwworm Traps Along US-Mexico Border
The USDA has begun setting up screw worm traps along the US-Mexico border to protect livestock. Agents on horseback, known as tick riders, are patrolling the area to monitor for infestations. This measure aims to prevent potential losses that could cost the cattle and livestock industries billions of dollars annually in Texas. Funding is being directed toward screwworm research and the rebuilding of Nipoling's Fly Factory. Failure to control the pest could impact the cattle and livestock industries in Texas.
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Sources · 7 independent
WNYC 93.9 FM
“The USDA has started to set up screw worm traps along the US Mexico border. Cut down the southern border. They have agents on horseback.”
CBC Radio One
“It could truly crush the cattle industry as well as other livestock industry in Texas. So the USDA has started to set up screwworm traps along the US-Mexico border.”
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