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Local advocates pitch sterile screw‑worm production hub at Chase Field; congresswoman outlines federal support
Summary
Frank Massey, a rancher and board director with the South Texas Property Rights Association, urged Bee County commissioners to support developing a sterile screw‑worm production facility at local sites such as Chase Field or a vacant Pioneer/ConocoPhillips plant.
Frank Massey, a rancher and board director with the South Texas Property Rights Association, urged Bee County commissioners to support developing a sterile new‑world screw‑worm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) production facility at local sites such as Chase Field or a vacant Pioneer plant. "We have land, we have water, we have buildings, we have a willing county," Massey said, outlining prior outreach to construction firms and Texas A&M and describing an estimate and site surveys already completed.
Why it matters: Sterile‑insect programs are used to suppress invasive livestock pests; placing a U.S. production facility closer to the…
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