Group Warns Against US Decision to Reopen Border to Mexican Cattle Amid Screwworm Outbreak

Group Warns Against US Decision to Reopen Border to Mexican Cattle Amid Screwworm Outbreak

A cattle industry group is speaking out against the federal government’s decision to reopen the southwest border to Mexican cattle imports, saying the risk is too high in light of the New World screwworm outbreak. R-CALF USA, a cattle producer-only trade association, is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to delay reopening the border to Mexican cattle this month until the screwworm is fully eradicated. Bill Bullard, the Montana-bas…

OP ED: Too Early to Resume Mexican Cattle Imports from Bill Bullard, R-Calf CEO - Oklahoma Farm Report

R-CALF USA supports Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, and we want to continue supporting her. Within just months of her confirmation, she took decisive action to end the nightmarish criminal charges the U.S. Department of Agriculture had leveled against the Maude family in South Dakota, and she closed the Mexican border to cattle, bison, and equine imports when the New World Screwworm–previously detected in southern Mexico–was detected about…