Texas governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expressed concern Friday that a new factory isn't expected to start breeding sterile New World screwworm flies for more than a year as a big part of the effort to stop its flesh-eating larvae from threatening the $113 U.S. billion cattle industry.
TL;DR
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott expressed concern about the timeline for a new factory.
- The factory is intended to breed sterile New World screwworm flies.
- This effort aims to protect the U.S. cattle industry from flesh-eating larvae.
- The factory is not expected to start operations for more than a year.