# Rollins to Mexico: Fight Screwworm Harder or Face New Trade Restrictions

> Rollins wrote to Mexican Agriculture Secretary Berdegué urging Mexico to step up its screwworm response or face another suspension of livestock trade. She cited limits on sterile fly release aircraft and Mexican tariffs on aircraft parts and sterile flies.

- Date: 2025-04-28 · published 2025-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25083-rollins-to-mexico-fight-screwworm-harder-or-face-new-trade-restrictions
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

The threat of renewed trade suspension supports cattle prices by raising the risk of tighter feeder supply from Mexico.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2024-11-26 | [Import Alert: New World Screwworm Restrictions for Live Animals Originating from or Transiting Mexico](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27345-import-alert-new-world-screwworm-restrictions-for-live-animals-originating-from.md) | +1.5% | +3.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2026-02-02 | [USDA to release flies near US-Mexico border to fight screwworm pest \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20536-usda-to-release-flies-near-us-mexico-border-to-fight-screwworm-pest-reuters.md) | +1.4% | +4.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-11-27 | [Cattle Imports from Mexico Restricted after New World Screwworm Detection \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27350-cattle-imports-from-mexico-restricted-after-new-world-screwworm-detection-ohio.md) | +1.4% | +3.8% |
| 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 | 2024-09-18 | [Import Alert: New World Screwworm Restrictions for Animal Commodities Originating from or Transiting Honduras](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28244-import-alert-new-world-screwworm-restrictions-for-animal-commodities.md) | +1.7% | +3.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-26 | [Import Alert: New World Screwworm Restrictions for Live Animals Originating from or Transiting Mexico](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27345-import-alert-new-world-screwworm-restrictions-for-live-animals-originating-from.md) | +1.5% | +0.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-02-02 | [USDA to release flies near US-Mexico border to fight screwworm pest \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20536-usda-to-release-flies-near-us-mexico-border-to-fight-screwworm-pest-reuters.md) | +2.0% | -0.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-11-27 | [Cattle Imports from Mexico Restricted after New World Screwworm Detection \| Ohio BEEF Cattle Letter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27350-cattle-imports-from-mexico-restricted-after-new-world-screwworm-detection-ohio.md) | -0.4% | +0.5% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/rollins-to-mexico-fight-screwworm-harder-or-face-new-trade-restrictions-11723072

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