New World Screworm Detected In Texas

About this episode

The episode discusses the detection of new world screworm in Texas and the USDA's preparedness to combat it.

A case of new world screworm has been detected in Texas for the first time in decades. USDA Secretary Brokk Rollins says they’ve been preparing for this for a year now and are ready to combat a wide spread of the pest.

Topics covered

• pest control
• agriculture
• screworm
• USDA
• Texas

Keywords

• new world screworm
• Texas
• USDA
• pest detection
• agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USDA

Places: Texas

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