US to reopen border to Mexican cattle imports after screwworm shutdown
The phased reopening will resume limited Mexican cattle imports under inspections and a joint action plan as officials try to ease tight beef supplies.
- The USDA announced on Friday that the Douglas, Arizona port will reopen for limited cattle imports from Mexico on August 24, ending a year-long closure intended to control the spread of the New World screwworm.
- Southern ports were closed last year to combat the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite; the USDA will now collaborate with Sonora and Chihuahua, considered low-risk Mexican states, to safely resume livestock movement.
- Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller thanked Agriculture Brooke Rollins for the decision but criticized the USDA's delayed response, arguing producers suffered financial consequences during the prolonged closure.
- As of Friday, 42 cases of the parasite have been recorded in the U.S., with all but one reported in Texas, and the reopening remains contingent on Mexico adhering to a joint action plan.
- August 24 marks the start of the phased reopening of the Douglas port, aiming to restore the hundreds-year-old cattle movement while continuing efforts to manage the ongoing parasite outbreak.
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