Overview

• USDA extended its moratorium on live cattle, horse and bison imports following new screw-worm detections in southern Mexico.
• Billions of sterile flies are being released across Mexico and South Texas in a joint effort to halt the parasite’s spread.
• Sonora producers rerouted more than 35,000 mature cattle into domestic sales over two months at roughly 35 percent discounts.
• Ranchers are bolstering biosecurity with mass trapping operations and strict health protocols to keep northern herds screw-worm free.
• Facing export losses, local farmers have branched into boutique butcher shops, beekeeping, sheep husbandry and dairy enterprises.