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USDA to Resume Livestock Imports From Mexico After Screwworm Fears
- Starting July 7, southern border ports for livestock imports will begin reopening in phases, beginning with Douglas, Arizona, according to a recent statement from the U.S. government.
- The closure in May followed detection of New World Screwworm advancing through Mexico, threatening U.S. livestock with a parasite eradicated domestically since 1966.
- The USDA intensified sterile fly releases, pest surveillance, and cooperation with Mexico, which is also renovating a sterile fly facility to aid containment efforts.
- More than 100 million sterile flies are released weekly to disrupt reproduction, leveraging the sterile male technique that prevents fertile offspring by flooding female flies with sterile mates.
- The phased reopening, supported by livestock associations, will proceed cautiously with port evaluations, reflecting ongoing vigilance to protect American ranchers from the screwworm pest.
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Mexico-to-US cattle shipments to restart after tense battle with screwworm
United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins on Monday announced gradual, “risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison and equines” from Mexico beginning next week. In a press release, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said that U.S. ports will reopen in phases after a lengthy closure to Mexican livestock imports due to the damaging New World screwworm pest. The border crossing at Douglas, Arizona, was chosen as the first …
USDA announced phased reopening of border to cattle imports
“Cattle prices are expected to start weaker this morning after USDA announced overnight a phased reopening of the Mexican border to cattle imports starting on July 7 at the Douglas, Arizona, border crossing,” the Hightower Report said. “Ports in New…
The U.S. government announced yesterday the progressive reopening of its border ports to the Mexican cattle trade from July 7, beginning with the port of Douglas, Arizona, after having suspended imports of cattle, bison and horses since May 11 due to the advance of the worm sweeper.
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