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Mexico to Resume Cattle Exports to US as Sterile Fly Program Launches

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a phased reopening of its southern cattle ports, starting on 24 August 2026 with the Douglas, Arizona entry point, followed by Santa Teresa and Columbus in New Mexico. The reopening is conditioned on Mexico’s adherence to a joint action plan to contain the New World screwworm.

Mexico’s government confirmed that live cattle shipments will restart in the last weeks of August 2026, beginning at the Agua Prieta crossing in Sonora and later adding two additional points in Chihuahua. President Claudia Sheinbaum said the decision follows a letter from U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirming the export resumption. Simultaneously, the sterile‑fly program operating out of the Chiapas plant will begin releasing insects from north to south within about two weeks, producing an initial 28 million flies per week and scaling to 100 million by late 2026. The effort, coordinated with the United States and Panama, aims to eradicate the screwworm that forced the original trade halt and is expected to revive the ranching sector and boost Mexican meat exports.

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Agua Prieta crossing · Agua Prieta, Sonora · Brooke Rollins · Chiapa sterile‑fly plant · Chiapas sterile‑fly plant · Chiapas sterile‑fly production facility · Claudia Sheinbaum · Mexico (federal government) · New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) · U.S. Department of Agriculture · United States (federal government) · United States Department of Agriculture

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