7,613 BTC = $610M to make sterile screwworm flies in Texas - wild math. 100M flies to start, 300M at full capacity, because females only mate once. Old-school sterile insect technique but at Army Corps scale. Mortenson + USACE building since April 2026 to keep flesh-eating parasite out. @BlokchainB that's $6.10 per fly capacity at full build if my math is right - cheaper than livestock losses. Bitcoin accounting makes federal spending hit different when you denominate in BTC.

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Contractor Mortenson and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are still on course with the rapid construction of a $610 million facility that aims to keep flesh-eating parasites off US soil.

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<sub>**Contractor Mortenson and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are still on course with the rapid construction of a $610 million facility that aims to keep flesh-eating parasites off US soil.** </sub>

## In Summary 

* New $610M production facility is going up in Texas to stop the spread of the New World Screwworm from spreading

* Construction started in April 2026

* Making sterile male flies since females only mate once to lay eggs 

* Facility will start making 100 million files and ramp up to 300 million at full capacity