# Contact Us – Inside INdiana Business - USDA announces $750M sterile fly breeding program to protect cattle from Mexican flesh-eating maggots

> USDA announced a $750 million sterile fly breeding facility in Edinburg, Texas, to produce sterile flies against New World screwworm. The factory is planned for Moore Air Force Base, about 20 miles from the border. The department also plans $100 million for traps, therapeutics and border surveillance, and says the border will stay closed to cattle.

- Date: 2021-10-07 · published 2021-10-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44496-contact-us-inside-indiana-business-usda-announces-750m-sterile-fly-breeding
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Continued closure of the Mexican cattle border keeps U.S. feeder cattle supplies tight, supporting cattle prices and feed-lot demand for feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-10-07 | [Contact Us – Inside INdiana Business - USDA Unveils $100 Million 'Grand Challenge' to Thwart Flesh-Eating Screwworm as Threat Reaches U.S. Border](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44491-contact-us-inside-indiana-business-usda-unveils-100-million-grand-challenge-to.md) | +0.5% | +4.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [US again halts cattle imports from Mexico over flesh-eating screwworms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23700-us-again-halts-cattle-imports-from-mexico-over-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters.md) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-01-01 | [Flesh-eating worm in Mexico is upending cross-border cattle trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21453-flesh-eating-worm-in-mexico-is-upending-cross-border-cattle-trade.md) | +1.2% | +1.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [USDA Announces Sweeping Plans to Protect the United States from New World Screwworm \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23277-usda-announces-sweeping-plans-to-protect-the-united-states-from-new-world.md) | +1.1% | -0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-02 | [How flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24157-how-flesh-eating-screwworms-in-cattle-could-raise-us-beef-prices-reuters.md) | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-10-07 | [Contact Us – Inside INdiana Business - USDA Unveils $100 Million 'Grand Challenge' to Thwart Flesh-Eating Screwworm as Threat Reaches U.S. Border](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44491-contact-us-inside-indiana-business-usda-unveils-100-million-grand-challenge-to.md) | +0.5% | +1.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [US again halts cattle imports from Mexico over flesh-eating screwworms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23700-us-again-halts-cattle-imports-from-mexico-over-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters.md) | +1.6% | +7.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-01-01 | [Flesh-eating worm in Mexico is upending cross-border cattle trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21453-flesh-eating-worm-in-mexico-is-upending-cross-border-cattle-trade.md) | +3.5% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- markets.financialcontent.com: https://markets.financialcontent.com/worldnow.insideindianabusiness/news/read/44868158/usda_announces_$750m_sterile_fly_breeding_program_to_protect_cattle_from_mexican_flesh

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