# Agriculture Ministry Heightens Surveillance to Protect Cattle Industry from Screwworms - Love FM Belize News & Music Power

> Belize's Ministry of Agriculture is increasing surveillance of illegal border crossings to block screwworm, which has been found about 50 km from the Honduras border in Nicaragua. The ministry says informal cattle trade across Central America and into Mexico and the US is a major pathway.

- Date: 2024-09-04 · published 2024-09-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Belize · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28248-agriculture-ministry-heightens-surveillance-to-protect-cattle-industry-from
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Growing screwworm proximity to Mexico heightens the risk of US border restrictions on Mexican feeder cattle, a key supply source for US feedlots.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: 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 | 2025-11-04 | [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 | 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 | 2025-04-26 | [U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Demands Mexico Cooperate to Protect U.S. Agricultural Products from Invasive Pests; Threatens Port Closures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25081-u-s-agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-demands-mexico-cooperate-to-protect-u.md) | +1.5% | +3.4% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-05-13 | [Mexico to tighten cattle flows from south, rules out shutting border over screwworm](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24641-mexico-to-tighten-cattle-flows-from-south-rules-out-shutting-border-over.md) | -2.4% | +3.3% |
| LCATTLE | 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) | -1.3% | +3.0% |
| 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 | 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) | -0.7% | — |

## Sources

- lovefm.com: https://lovefm.com/agriculture-ministry-heightens-surveillance-to-protect-cattle-industry-from-screwworms/

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