The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Army Corps of Engineers, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new domestic sterile fly production facility at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas last week. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Lieutenant General William H. Butch Graham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding General led the ground breaking as part …
USDA NIFA Announces New Competitive Grant To address Pests like NWS
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture have announced a new competitive grant to allow the department to quickly address diseases and pests like the New World Screwworm. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins posted on X, “Emerging pests and diseases such as NWS can quickly devastate American agriculture if we are not prepared. These pests and …
FDA Provides Conditional Approval of Topical New World Screwworm Topical
FDA Conditionally Approves New Topical Treatment for Screwworm and Cattle Fever Tick The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the conditional approval of a new topical medicine designed to help protect U.S. cattle from two serious parasitic threats. Exzolt Cattle-CA1 has been approved for the prevention and treatment of larval infestations of New World Screwworm (NWS) and is also …


