Border trade barrier lifts despite screwworm - News
Not all enthusiastic as Columbus stockyards reopen next week By Dustin Armendariz Headlight Staff Columbus is set to resume cross-border livestock trade next week, Oct. 26, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture moves forward with reopening another southern border port following months of restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the New World screwworm. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins visited the Columbus Stockyards on Tuesday, ahead of the scheduled reopening.... Columbus, Ohio, is set to resume cross-border livestock trade on Oct. 26 as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reopens another southern border port after months of restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the New World screwworm. The reopening is part of a federal effort to restore livestock imports from Mexico while maintaining safeguards against the parasite. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced that Columbus will reopen cattle imports following earlier reopenings in Douglas, Arizona, and Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Additional reopening decisions will depend on the availability of surveillance and fly-trapping near affected areas.
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Columbus is set to resume cross-border livestock trade next week, Oct. 26, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture moves forward with reopening another southern border port following months of restricti... [1860 symbols]