# Facility to combat New World screwworm hiring hundreds

> The USDA opened applications for 228 initial positions at a sterile-fly facility under construction at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas. The facility is intended to increase sterile-fly production to help prevent New World screwworm from spreading across the border.

- Date: 2026-11-11 · published 2026-11-11T06:17:24.774Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/93071-facility-to-combat-new-world-screwworm-hiring-hundreds
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded sterile-fly capacity could strengthen efforts to protect U.S. livestock and limit future screwworm-related cattle losses. The hiring announcement itself does not materially change near-term feed or livestock supply.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-18 | [All-out effort to fight New World screwworm needed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23286-all-out-effort-to-fight-new-world-screwworm-needed.md) | +0.8% | -1.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-18 | [Secretary Rollins Announces Bold Plan to Combat New World Screwworm’s Northward Spread \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24160-secretary-rollins-announces-bold-plan-to-combat-new-world-screwworm-s-northward.md) | -1.2% | -0.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-02 | [New World Screwworm: Current Issues - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24163-new-world-screwworm-current-issues-everycrsreport-com.md) | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23282-usda-to-build-texas-facility-to-fight-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters.md) | +1.1% | -0.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2017-08-16 | [New World Screwworm Still a Threat \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69399-new-world-screwworm-still-a-threat-ohio-beef-cattle-letter.md) | -3.9% | -6.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-08-18 | [All-out effort to fight New World screwworm needed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23286-all-out-effort-to-fight-new-world-screwworm-needed.md) | +4.1% | +3.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-06-02 | [New World Screwworm: Current Issues - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24163-new-world-screwworm-current-issues-everycrsreport-com.md) | +3.8% | +4.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-08-15 | [USDA to build Texas facility to fight flesh-eating screwworms \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23282-usda-to-build-texas-facility-to-fight-flesh-eating-screwworms-reuters.md) | +4.7% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- ktsm.com: https://www.ktsm.com/news/texas/usda-facility-to-combat-new-world-screwworm-hiring-hundreds/amp/

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