The Cattle Business Weekly

Suspended: Live Animal Imports Through Southern Border

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins  has suspended live cattle, horse, and bison imports through U.S. ports of entry along the southern border due to the continued and rapid northward spread of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico, effective immediately. NWS has been recently detected in remote farms with minimal cattle movement as far north as Oaxaca and Veracruz, about 700 miles away from the U.S. border. The United States and Mexico continue efforts to interdict and eradicate NWSin Mexico and work in good faith. However, despite these efforts and the economic impact on both countries due to this...

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