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U.S. plans to combat spread of "man-eater" screwworms with $8.5M facility of flies in Texas
The facility will breed millions of sterile New World screwworm flies at Moore Air Base, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ...
USDA seeks to combat spread of New World screwworms into U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday announced a plan to enhance the agency's ability to detect, control and ...
'Amber waves of grain' recede in America's heartland as wheat farmers struggle
On a foggy morning in May, Dennis Schoenhals drove a carload of crop scouts around the wheat fields of northern Oklahoma, ...
The US Plans to Open a Fly Factory in Texas as Part of Its Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Parasite
The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in ...
US government to build $8.5M fly breeding factory to mass produce millions of flesh-eating parasites — here’s why
The US government will be opening a fly factory in Texas to mass produce millions of infertile flies as part of a ...
Massive SNAP cuts could kill hundreds of Alabama grocery stores, ‘send hunger soaring’
According to the Alabama Grocers Association, SNAP supports 7,800 jobs in the state and $350 million in wages.
America set to open Texas ‘fly factory’ in bid to breed millions of insects
The U.S. bred and released sterile New World screwworm flies into the wild decades ago, and it was largely banished from the ...
Department of Education spent $80k on 'mushroom' bench which was seized by Border Force before it could be used
Former School Infrastructure NSW boss Anthony Manning signed off on an almost $80,000 mushroom material bench, which was later flagged as a biosecurity hazard and seized by the Australian Border Force ...
Millions acres of public land could be eligible for sale in Senate reconciliation bill
The bill would allows for no more than 3 million acres to be sold, but gives interested parties an opportunity to consider ...
Senate version of tax bill would sell public lands for housing in Alaska, other Western states
A U.S. Senate committee has proposed selling more than 3 million acres of public lands in Alaska and several other Western states to support new housing development. The idea has alarmed conservation ...
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Deadly Listeria outbreak triggers recall of chicken fettuccine Alfredo meals in US
FreshRealm recalls chicken fettuccine Alfredo sold at Walmart and Kroger after listeria outbreak, including three deaths and ...