Mexico Inaugurates Sterile Fly Production Plant

Mexico Breeds Sterile Flies to Save Cattle Trade and Trust

In southern Mexico, a new sterile fly plant is becoming a tool of border diplomacy, as scientists race to stop the flesh-eating screwworm, reassure U.S. officials, and revive cattle exports caught between biology, trade pressure, and rural economic anxiety. The post Mexico Breeds Sterile Flies to Save Cattle Trade and Trust appeared first on LatinAmerican Post.

US, Mexico inaugurate sterile fly plant in Chiapas in cross-border screwworm fight

US, Mexico inaugurate sterile fly plant in Chiapas in cross-border screwworm fight

Mexico and US reopen sterile fly plant to fight screwworm outbreak

Mexico and the United States reopened Saturday a sterile fly production facility in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, expanding efforts to contain the New World screwworm, a livestock pest that has disrupted cross-border cattle trade. Mexico has 1,907 active cases, while the United States recently confirmed its first domestic cases in years. (AP video by Edgar H. Clemente). Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Mexico and the US Inaugurate Sterile Barren Worm Fly Plant in Chiapas

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, together with US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, inaugurated a sterile fly production plant this Saturday in the state of Chiapas, in the southeast of the country, whose “strategic” objective is to combat the screwworm on both sides of the border and in Central American countries. “Panama, Mexico and the United []

Millions of sterile male Mexican fruit flies to be released in San Diego County

Millions of sterile male Mexican fruit flies will be released over parts of San Diego County, after one mated female fruit fly was detected around Spring Valley, according to food and agriculture regulators. In an effort to dramatically reduce the population of the harmful fruit fly, authorities will launch a “sterile insect technique,” which means []