Mexican ranchers prepare to resume livestock sales to U.S. under tight controls over screwworm risk
At daybreak, rancher Martin Alfonso Ibarra takes advantage of the cooler hours in northern Mexico's desert to oversee the milking of his cows and tend to 16 prized calves. Soon, he hopes, they will be headed north to the United States as a yearlong ban on Mexican cattle imports comes to an end.
TL;DR
- A year-long ban on Mexican cattle imports to the U.S. is concluding.
- Mexican ranchers are preparing to resume sales.
- Rancher Martin Alfonso Ibarra is tending to his calves.
- The cattle will be headed north to the United States.