# Facility in Hidalgo County will help combat screwworm outbreak in Mexico, USDA says

> USDA and Texas officials announced an $8.5 million sterile fly production facility at Moore Air Base near Edinburg, Texas, plus $20 million to expand a sterile fly plant in southern Mexico. Together the facilities are expected to supply up to 100 million additional sterile flies weekly.

- Date: 2026-11-04 · published 2026-11-04T18:14:25.217Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/80171-facility-in-hidalgo-county-will-help-combat-screwworm-outbreak-in-mexico-usda
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded sterile fly output aims to suppress the outbreak in Mexico, which over time could reopen cattle trade and ease US feeder supply constraints, a modestly bearish factor for cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-23 | [Mexican ag minister to discuss with US counterpart opening border to cattle amid screwworm outbreak \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22362-mexican-ag-minister-to-discuss-with-us-counterpart-opening-border-to-cattle.md) | -4.7% | -6.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-04-28 | [US and Mexico reach agreement on screwworm, Ag Secretary Rollins says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25082-us-and-mexico-reach-agreement-on-screwworm-ag-secretary-rollins-says-reuters.md) | +1.5% | +3.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-04-29 | [US, Mexico step up joint efforts to contain flesh-eating parasite outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25086-us-mexico-step-up-joint-efforts-to-contain-flesh-eating-parasite-outbreak.md) | +1.5% | +2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-03-29 | [Borders will shut to cattle in a lumpy skin outbreak, experts warn \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42217-borders-will-shut-to-cattle-in-a-lumpy-skin-outbreak-experts-warn-farm-online.md) | +1.5% | +0.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-01-28 | [USDA’s APHIS and Mexico Getting Closer to Reopening the Border for Feeder Cattle With Updated Screwworm Protocols - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26446-usda-s-aphis-and-mexico-getting-closer-to-reopening-the-border-for-feeder.md) | -3.3% | -2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-23 | [Mexican ag minister to discuss with US counterpart opening border to cattle amid screwworm outbreak \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22362-mexican-ag-minister-to-discuss-with-us-counterpart-opening-border-to-cattle.md) | -2.0% | -7.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-04-28 | [US and Mexico reach agreement on screwworm, Ag Secretary Rollins says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25082-us-and-mexico-reach-agreement-on-screwworm-ag-secretary-rollins-says-reuters.md) | +0.4% | +3.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-04-29 | [US, Mexico step up joint efforts to contain flesh-eating parasite outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25086-us-mexico-step-up-joint-efforts-to-contain-flesh-eating-parasite-outbreak.md) | +0.5% | +2.5% |

## Sources

- krgv.com: https://www.krgv.com/videos/facility-in-hidalgo-county-will-help-combat-screwworm-outbreak-in-mexico-usda-says/

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