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Agriculture Department announces National Farmers Market
The Department of Agriculture has announced that it will host the Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall Aug. 3 ...
Over 350,000 Pounds of Popular Turkey Bacon Recalled Due to Listeria Concerns
Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon is being recalled by the USDA FSIS and Kraft Heinz due to potential Listeria contamination, ...
Millions of flies to be dropped over Texas to combat flesh-eating maggots
The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they’ll kill off a ...
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USDA announces the phased reopening of southern ports for livestock trade
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and equines from ...
U.S. to Dump Billions of Flies From Planes to Fight ‘Man-Eater’ Maggots
The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...
U.S. plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work
TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and ...
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US planes to airdrop billions of flies to combat 'man-eater' maggot menace
USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.
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Dept of Agriculture plans to breed millions of sterile flies and set them loose
Here’s one reason to shut down the border. To combat the flesh-eating larvae (maggots) of the New World Screwworm (NWS) that’s wreaking havoc among livestock along […] ...