Overview
- USDA inspectors reviewed documentation and livestock controls in southern and central Sonora from September 8–12 and will issue their report on September 22, according to the state ranchers’ union.
- The union says the visiting team left satisfied with the sanitary conditions observed, a point Sonora plans to use to argue for state-level regionalization.
- The United States has blocked imports of live Mexican cattle since July 9 after a screwworm case in Veracruz, a closure ordered by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
- Producers estimate roughly $1.3 billion in unrealized export sales this year—about 650,000 head—even as industry leaders report daily cases in the south have fallen from around 120 to fewer than 30.
- USDA projections cited by a risk-management consultant indicate U.S. imports from Mexico could be near zero in 2026 unless conditions change.