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Texas governor wants to speed up work on a fly-breeding factory to fight a cattle parasite
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is concerned about a delay in starting work on a fly-breeding factory to address a New World screwworm fly infestation affecting cattle. The factory is expected to take more than a year to begin operations.
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