Almost 200 ag groups are urging USDA to create a domestic sterile fly facility to combat New World screwworm

One hundred and seventy-five ag groups are urging the government to quickly build a sterile fly facility.
Farm Bureaus and cattle groups are standing behind the push.

The groups thanked USDA for partnering with Panama to set up a facility as part of its five-step readiness plan. They acknowledged the department’s plan to build a facility at Moore Air Base in south Texas. However, they say much work needs to be done.

They penned a letter urging the Senate to quickly secure funding for the facility.