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TRADE RESTRICTIONS TIED TO SCREWWORM DETECTION TO DISRUPT CATTLE FLOW, STATE OPERATIONS
Jun. 16, 2026
BrownfieldAgNews reports:
Following the confirmation of New World screwworm in the United States, both Canada and Mexico have issued import restrictions on live cattle from the U.S.
University of Tennessee ag economist Charley Martinez says the impacts will vary. "We probably do send more to Mexico than Canada in terms of just how we trade and the product that we're sending just south of the border out of Texas," he says. "When we say Canada, there's probably not as many cattle going from Texas to Canada in terms of having really big impact on trade."
But, he says, the announcements come at an inopportune time. "What happens in the next couple of weeks as we're coming up to trade renewal, trade agreement renewals and things of that nature," he says. "It's an interesting time right now, especially with the trade side of things."
Martinez tells Brownfield he's watching how the restrictions that individual states are issuing unfold. "What does that mean for somebody that might have a multi-state operation," he says. "Does that mean that they have to make different decisions with their cattle in Texas? Can we move any animals from the feeder cattle side out of Texas? I think that's those are that's the more interesting question that I think only time is going to tell."
He says cattle placements in Texas could increase in future Cattle on Feed reports, but that will depend on how long state restrictions are in place.
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