U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, will attend off-the-record briefings at the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville on Monday, June 8.
Following the briefings, she will host a standing press conference from Texas to provide updates on the New World Screwworm.
Ag. Secretaery Rollins will be at the Knipling-Bushland Livestock Insect Research facilility located at 2700 Fredericksburg Road in Kerrville from 2:00pm until 3:00pm.
The visit by Ag. Secretary Rollins follows the announcement this past week by the Federal and Texas officials that the New World Screwworm had been confirmed in Texas. The case involved a three-week-old calf with an umbilical lesion located in Zavala County. Targeted release of sterile NWS flies are being expedited to eliminate any reproducing populations in the area of the discovery.
