USDA provides Texas $5 million for plant health, pest projects
Drbouz / iStock / Getty Images Plus Money will go to projects such as exotic fruit fly detection and pests of biosecurity concern. USDA | Jan 08, 2021 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $5 million to Texas as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation, and to safeguard the U.S. nursery production system. Overall, USDA is providing more than $70 million in funding this year to support 383 projects in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto ...
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