Mexico
Role in each timeline
- Record Beef Prices: The Smallest Herd Since 1951, the Packer Probe and the Import Fix
Supplies feeder cattle to U.S. feedlots; trade was halted over screwworm risk and is now reopening through limited ports.
Mexico across every timeline
Every dated entry that names Mexico, from all 1 timeline, newest first.
- Douglas reopens again after a weeklong pause over inoperable cattle chutes Update
The only cattle crossing on the US-Mexico border went back into service on Tuesday after USDA paused it in late August, having been told that the chutes on the Mexican side had become inoperable following welding modifications. The stoppage showed how thin the reopened channel still was.
on Record Beef Prices: The Smallest Herd Since 1951, the Packer Probe and the Import Fix - The first cattle in more than a year cross at Douglas, Arizona Update
Nearly 700 animals came through the border wall at Douglas on the Monday the port reopened, the first cattle to cross in more than a year. APHIS chief veterinary officer Alan Huddleston said the inspection included screwworm-sniffing dogs and called the reopening a proof of concept that, if it holds, would lead to more ports opening along the border.
on Record Beef Prices: The Smallest Herd Since 1951, the Packer Probe and the Import Fix - USDA says the Douglas port will reopen to Mexican cattle in phases from August 24 Announcement
After more than a year of closure, Rollins said it was safe to reopen the Douglas, Arizona port in 30 days and resume cattle movement, with a phased schedule and a jointly agreed import protocol. Douglas would be the only crossing open, a fraction of the pre-closure trade.
on Record Beef Prices: The Smallest Herd Since 1951, the Packer Probe and the Import Fix