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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US to reopen border to Mexican cattle imports after screwworm shutdown
The U.S. will initiate a “phased reopening” next month of the country’s southern cattle ports, which were closed in May following the detection of a New World Screwworm (NWS) outbreak, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday. The USDA will reopen the livestock port in Douglas, Ariz, on Aug. 24. Ports in two…
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The United States said on Friday it will end a ban on imports of Mexican cattle implemented more than a year ago to combat the New World screwworm (NWS), a flesh-eating livestock pest that has already made it into Texas and New Mexico. In its announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would coordinate a phased reopening of southern cattle ports beginning Aug. 24. USDA officials said the United States will first start taking …
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USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins (Washington, D.C., July 24, 2026) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing a coordinated, phased reopening of southern cattle ports, contingent on Mexico’s adherence to the Joint Action Plan. Beginning August 24, 2026, USDA will open the Douglas, AZ port of entry to cattle trade, while simultaneously initiating the operational steps necessary for subsequent openings at the Santa Teresa, NM, and Columbus,…
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