(NAFB.com) – Mexico and the U.S. haven’t yet agreed to resume Mexican beef cattle exports into the U.S. amid the outbreak of the New World Screwworm in Mexico. Mexico’s ag minister announced that during a press conference with President Claudia Sheinbaum. Julio Berdegue spoke with U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins in a video conference and said they made advances, but still don’t have a date for reopening the U.S. border to Mexican cattle. The two top agriculture officials agreed to test modular mobile plants in Mexico that could increase sterile fly production by up to 20 million additional flies each week, if they are successful. The U.S. government has kept its border mostly closed to Mexican cattle imports since May because of the New World Screwworm, which can infest and kill large numbers of cattle if untreated. The infestation has moved from Central America into Mexico, rattling livestock producers in each country.
