# U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Demands Mexico Cooperate to Protect U.S. Agricultural Products from Invasive Pests; Threatens Port Closures

> USDA Secretary Rollins sent a letter to Mexico demanding removal of restrictions on USDA aircraft and customs duties on eradication equipment. She warned that USDA would restrict imports of live cattle, bison and equine from Mexico if the issues were not resolved by April 30.

- Date: 2025-04-26 · published 2025-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25081-u-s-agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-demands-mexico-cooperate-to-protect-u
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The threatened import halt would cut a significant share of feeder cattle supply, creating upside risk for cattle prices until the dispute is settled.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [EXCLUSIVE: US not ready to lift Mexican cattle ban over screwworm, Agriculture Secretary Rollins says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21898-exclusive-us-not-ready-to-lift-mexican-cattle-ban-over-screwworm-agriculture.md) | -1.3% | -7.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23699-secretary-rollins-takes-decisive-action-and-shuts-down-u-s-southern-border.md) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-09-04 | [Agriculture Ministry Heightens Surveillance to Protect Cattle Industry from Screwworms - Love FM Belize News & Music Power](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28248-agriculture-ministry-heightens-surveillance-to-protect-cattle-industry-from.md) | -1.5% | +2.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-02-23 | [U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture Suspends Livestock Imports Along Southern Border \| Speedhorse](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20538-u-s-secretary-of-agriculture-suspends-livestock-imports-along-southern-border.md) | -0.3% | -4.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-11 | [Secretary Rollins Suspends Live Animal Imports Through Ports of Entry Along Southern Border, Effective Immediately \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24637-secretary-rollins-suspends-live-animal-imports-through-ports-of-entry-along.md) | +0.3% | +4.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-11-04 | [EXCLUSIVE: US not ready to lift Mexican cattle ban over screwworm, Agriculture Secretary Rollins says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21898-exclusive-us-not-ready-to-lift-mexican-cattle-ban-over-screwworm-agriculture.md) | -2.0% | -3.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-10 | [Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico \| USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23699-secretary-rollins-takes-decisive-action-and-shuts-down-u-s-southern-border.md) | +1.6% | +7.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-09-04 | [Agriculture Ministry Heightens Surveillance to Protect Cattle Industry from Screwworms - Love FM Belize News & Music Power](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28248-agriculture-ministry-heightens-surveillance-to-protect-cattle-industry-from.md) | -1.2% | +2.0% |

## Sources

- usda.gov: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/04/26/us-agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-demands-mexico-cooperate-protect-us-agricultural-products

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