Overview
- The USDA announced a portable dispersal module in Tampico, Tamaulipas to expand sterile fly operations against the livestock-threatening pest.
- Officials committed to releasing 100 million sterile flies per week in Mexico using the sterile insect technique to curb reproduction.
- The Tampico site enables aircraft to cover the northeast, including Nuevo León, closing a gap that had forced ground releases in northern areas.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins said the center boosts flexibility and responsiveness for northern operations.
- Rollins cited recent meetings with President Claudia Sheinbaum and Agriculture Secretary Julio Berdegué, called the effort a Trump administration priority, and said a joint operational review is nearing completion.