# US cattle industry concerned about increased FMD risk - Beef Central

> US cattle industry groups raised concerns about the rising risk of foot-and-mouth disease entering from Mexico through the southern border, with discussion at the NCBA conference in New Orleans. Industry figures said US traceability systems would struggle to contain an outbreak if it arrived.

- Date: 2023-03-01 · published 2023-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36801-us-cattle-industry-concerned-about-increased-fmd-risk-beef-central
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

A possible FMD incursion from Mexico would threaten US livestock movement and exports, creating sharp downside risk for cattle and hog markets and upside volatility in beef.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral
- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2022-02-25 | [Australian biosecurity working to protect cattle from lumpy skin disease - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42656-australian-biosecurity-working-to-protect-cattle-from-lumpy-skin-disease-beef.md) | -0.5% | -1.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-12-06 | [Opportunity in the crisis: FMD-outbreak spotlights need to safeguard SA beef industry \| ProAgri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55551-opportunity-in-the-crisis-fmd-outbreak-spotlights-need-to-safeguard-sa-beef.md) | +0.5% | +5.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-08-30 | [Mad cow disease diagnosed in Florida beef cow - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63653-mad-cow-disease-diagnosed-in-florida-beef-cow-abc11-raleigh-durham.md) | -0.9% | +2.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-10-08 | [NCBA Expresses Concern About Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50589-ncba-expresses-concern-about-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-in-africa.md) | -0.3% | -2.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-08-17 | [SE Asia Report: LSD issue complicates trading relationships in Asia - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34510-se-asia-report-lsd-issue-complicates-trading-relationships-in-asia-beef-central.md) | -0.4% | +0.2% |
| HOGS | 2021-02-10 | [Is the Livestock Industry Prepared for a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak? - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48494-is-the-livestock-industry-prepared-for-a-foreign-animal-disease-outbreak-pork.md) | +12.0% | +19.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-09-07 | [Study Validates US Pork Industry Biosecurity Measures and Pathway Awareness – Swine Health Information Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44949-study-validates-us-pork-industry-biosecurity-measures-and-pathway-awareness.md) | -6.0% | -1.5% |
| HOGS | 2022-06-21 | [Pork industry learns lessons from avian influenza outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16267-pork-industry-learns-lessons-from-avian-influenza-outbreak.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/news/us-cattle-industry-concerned-about-increased-fmd-risk/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.