# Mexican ag minister to discuss with US counterpart opening border to cattle amid screwworm outbreak | Reuters

> Mexico's Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegue will meet U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to discuss reopening the border to Mexican cattle. The U.S. has kept the border closed to Mexican cattle since May because of New World screwworm.

- Date: 2025-10-23 · published 2025-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US/Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22362-mexican-ag-minister-to-discuss-with-us-counterpart-opening-border-to-cattle
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Reopening would add feeder cattle supply to a tight U.S. herd, pressuring cattle futures lower. Continued closure keeps feedyards short of animals and supports prices.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-10-26 | 5 | -7.4% | -4.2 | The planned Mexico-US ag minister meeting on reopening the border to cattle fed the supply-increase fears behind the drop. |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-26 | 5 | -3.1% | -2.8 | Planned Mexico-US ag minister talks on reopening the border to cattle implied higher future feeder supply, bearish for cattle. |

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-01-28 | [USDA’s APHIS and Mexico Getting Closer to Reopening the Border for Feeder Cattle With Updated Screwworm Protocols - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26446-usda-s-aphis-and-mexico-getting-closer-to-reopening-the-border-for-feeder.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-03-31 | [USDA Eyes Phased Reopening of Southern Border to Mexican Feeder Cattle - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20115-usda-eyes-phased-reopening-of-southern-border-to-mexican-feeder-cattle-rfd.md) | +3.8% | +5.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-14 | [Cattle Crash Early Friday on Lower Cash, Fear of Mexican Border Reopening - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6069-cattle-crash-early-friday-on-lower-cash-fear-of-mexican-border-reopening-agweb.md) | -1.8% | +0.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-04-28 | [US and Mexico reach agreement on screwworm, Ag Secretary Rollins says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25082-us-and-mexico-reach-agreement-on-screwworm-ag-secretary-rollins-says-reuters.md) | +0.4% | +3.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-01-01 | [Canada Blocks Texas Cattle as Flesh-Eating Screwworm Returns to the US After 60 Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66963-canada-blocks-texas-cattle-as-flesh-eating-screwworm-returns-to-the-us-after-60.md) | -0.4% | +1.9% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-01-28 | [USDA’s APHIS and Mexico Getting Closer to Reopening the Border for Feeder Cattle With Updated Screwworm Protocols - Oklahoma Farm Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26446-usda-s-aphis-and-mexico-getting-closer-to-reopening-the-border-for-feeder.md) | -3.3% | -2.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-03-31 | [USDA Eyes Phased Reopening of Southern Border to Mexican Feeder Cattle - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20115-usda-eyes-phased-reopening-of-southern-border-to-mexican-feeder-cattle-rfd.md) | +1.5% | +2.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-14 | [Cattle Crash Early Friday on Lower Cash, Fear of Mexican Border Reopening - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6069-cattle-crash-early-friday-on-lower-cash-fear-of-mexican-border-reopening-agweb.md) | +1.1% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/mexican-ag-minister-discuss-with-us-counterpart-opening-border-cattle-amid-2025-10-23/

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