U.S. and Mexico Renew Partnership at Dairy Summit

By CNN en Español The governments of Mexico and the United States agreed to gradually resume Mexican cattle exports following a screwworm outbreak that triggered health alerts. Both countries defined a roadmap with measures to ensure health, which will include a monthly evaluation. In separate statements released Tuesday, Mexico's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that M…

Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Julio Berdegué, and his American partner, Brooke Rollins, held a virtual meeting on Tuesday, May 27, where they addressed the steps to be taken to resume exports of Mexican cattle to the northern neighbor, unilaterally suspended at the beginning of May by the US. Mexico called the measure “unfair,” and recalled that it took the U.S. livestock industry 30 years to recover in the last crisis…

The Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Julio Berdegué Sacristán, and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the United States (USDA), Brooke Rollins, today agreed on steps to lift the suspension of livestock exports. Through a video conference, Secretary Rollins acknowledged the measures implemented by Mexico and requested more time to complete her analysis. Secretary Berdegué invited a USDA expert mission to Mexico to co…

U.S. and Mexico renew partnership at Dairy Summit

Work plan unveiled to enhance collaboration and strengthen the North American dairy industry.

U.S.–Mexico Dairy Summit Yields Renewed Commitment to Growth and Collaboration - Oklahoma Farm Report

The U.S. and Mexican dairy sectors renewed a partnership and unveiled a work plan today to enhance industry collaboration at their seventh annual summit convened this week in Madison, Wisconsin. The industry representatives reaffirming their shared commitment to strengthening bilateral collaboration and supporting the long-term success of the North American dairy industry. Led by the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the National Milk Produc…

The federal government declared Puebla a buffer zone, given the risk of entry of the cattle sweeper worm (Cochliomyia hominivorax), a pest that affects hot-blooded animals. Also known as a buffer zone or protection zone, it is an area that acts as a barrier or separator and serves to protect a demarcation from possible negative impacts of another, whether for health, environmental or safety reasons. Fernando Patiño García, president of the Regio…