Southern Texas ranchers are on high alert for New World screwworm. The pest devastated U.S. livestock more than 40 years ago before eradication.
The Texas Farm Bureau highlights just how devastating this is.
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Agragene is developing a precision sterile insect system as part of USDA’s New World Screwworm Grand Challenge.
Pear growers are recovering after last season’s losses from pests, heat and reduced irrigation.
While demand is one concern, U.S. growers are also monitoring the cotton jassid, an emerging insect threat.
Bryan Witherbee, the CEO of Agragene, says the technology builds on the sterile insect technique, which successfully helped eliminate pink bollworm and New World Screwworm in the past.
