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Challenges facing Mexican livestock producers
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Livestock producers in Mexico are navigating environmental recovery alongside emerging biological and criminal threats. In Baja California Sur, recent rainfall has provided relief from a two-year drought, helping to recharge aquifers and recover grazing lands in municipalities such as La Soledad and Soledad, Todos Santos. Santos, El Triunfo, and El Pescadero. To protect the sector, the Secretariat of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Agricultural Development (SEPADA) has initiated training programs to help cattle producers identify and manage cattle screwworm outbreaks. Led by José Alfredo Bermúdez Beltrán, these sessions across five municipalities focus on clinical sign recognition, prevention measures, and animal inspection to prevent the pest from spreading and impacting the economic stability of local farming families. Similar advisory efforts are underway in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, where municipal authorities are providing advisory services to manage the parasite. Sinaloa. In addition to pest management, producers in Zacatecas are facing significant economic pressure from organized crime. Ranchers report widespread extortion, including demands for ‘floor rights’ payments ranging from 500 pesos for small livestock to 2,000 pesos per head of cattle.
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