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Brooke Rollins: “We launched [expanding sterile fly production and dispersal…”

Featuring: Brooke Rollins, Republican | United States Secretary of Agriculture | National

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Governor Abbott and USDA Secretary Rollins announce escalated response to Texas screwworm outbreak

Published | Video Starts at 28:35

A couple of quick key action items I want to touch on. Number one, expanding sterile fly production and dispersal capacity. You all are probably tracking that. We launched [expanding sterile fly production and dispersal capacity] last year, but earlier this year opened both a dispersal facility in South Texas, but also invested tens of millions of dollars in refitting the fly facility in Matapa, Mexico. beginning last year, which those sterile flies will begin to come online this month. So very good timing, of course, the massive facility we're building in Moore had in the production facility. (28:35–28:55)

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Asserts investment in sterile fly production and dispersal facilities in South Texas and Matapa, Mexico.

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