# Sen. Mike Rounds urges USDA to delay opening Mexican border due to New World screwworm threat - Agweek | #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets

> Senator Mike Rounds asked USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack on December 12 to thoroughly investigate the screwworm threat before reopening the US-Mexico feeder cattle trade. He warned that an outbreak in the US herd would hurt the industry and could prompt other countries to ban US imports.

- Date: 2024-12-20 · published 2024-12-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26914-sen-mike-rounds-urges-usda-to-delay-opening-mexican-border-due-to-new-world
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A delay in reopening keeps feeder cattle supplies tight and supports prices, while a US outbreak would disrupt the industry further.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2025-07-01 | [Low inventory, high prices, rising threats are all part of current cattle industry - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6103-low-inventory-high-prices-rising-threats-are-all-part-of-current-cattle.md) | +2.7% | +8.2% |
| 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 | 2026-02-24 | [Border closure over New World Screwworm threat ripples across U.S. beef industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20539-border-closure-over-new-world-screwworm-threat-ripples-across-u-s-beef-industry.md) | -1.9% | -1.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2026-10-26 | [Cattle from Mexico are tested for screwworm at the border \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17077-cattle-from-mexico-are-tested-for-screwworm-at-the-border-ap-news.md) | -3.5% | — |
| 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% |

## Sources

- agweek.com: https://www.agweek.com/news/policy/sen-mike-rounds-urges-usda-to-delay-opening-mexican-border-due-to-new-world-screwworm-threat

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