Mexico to resume allowing imports of U.S. breeding cattle
Robert Pore
The Independent
Mexico, the U.S. biggest beef importer, agreed Friday to allow importation of breeding cattle from the United States and Canada effective March 28.
According to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Mexico had denied access to U.S. breeding stock beginning December 23, 2003, when the United States announced its first-ever case of BSE.
Since that time, Mexico has only allowed importation of registered U.S. dairy heifers under the age of 24 months, despite in-depth international negotiations to include breeding stock, said Gregg Doud, chief economist for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA).
The Beef Blog 