Mexico receives more than 8,000 dairy cows from Australia

Mexico received a 2nd shipment of cattle from Australia past month, bringing to 8,014 the fig of Holstein dairy cows arriving astatine the northwest larboard of Mazatlán from the Australian larboard of Portland, Victoria. 

The archetypal shipment of 3,019 cattle arrived successful March and the 2nd — with 4,995 heifers — arrived connected April 21.

The Holsteins Mexico is bringing successful from Australia are particularly prized dairy stock, known for their high-volume beverage accumulation and casual manageability. (Hilda Ríos/Cuartoscuro)

Both shipments were received without incidental and the cattle were successfully transported to dairy farms successful the states of Jalisco, Durango, Chihuahua, Guanajuato and Aguascalientes. 

Mexico’s National Service for Agri-Food Health, Safety and Quality (Senasica) and the Agriculture Ministry announced past week that the importation of the Australian cattle is portion of an inaugural to repopulate the nationalist dairy herd, giving a boost to the country’s cultivation sector. 

The Australian cows volition fortify the familial prime of Mexico’s herd, authorities said. Holsteins are famed for their precocious dairy production, each carnal averaging 10,220 kg of beverage per year.

Mexican veterinarians successful Australia verified the wellness of the cattle earlier they were loaded onto ships, certifying the herd. Upon arrival, Senasica officials oversaw the offloading and reception. They reviewed the documentation and examined the animals, looking for immoderate injuries that whitethorn person occurred during transit.

In a property release, Senasica said the verification process guarantees compliance with Mexico’s zoosanitary regulations and quarantine procedures which are required by instrumentality to support home livestock from “exotic” diseases.

Rear Admiral Mariel Aquileo Ancona, manager of the National Port System Administration, said the shipments were received without incident.

“We had everything ready, conscionable similar past time,” helium said, adding that the offloading process took astir 15 hours and was carried retired without nonaccomplishment of animals.

Senasica has confirmed that a full of 4 shipments person been arranged for this twelvemonth with Australian authorities, though the magnitude of cattle expected successful the adjacent 2 shipments was not provided.

This inaugural marks the archetypal shipment of Australian cattle to Mexico successful 9 years. Australian cattle had not been shipped to Mexico since a one-off transportation successful 2016 and the existent shipment is the archetypal consignment of Australian dairy heifers — young females that person yet to calve — to beryllium shipped to Mexico since 2010, according to Australia’s manufacture quality work Beef Central.

Andy Ingle, managing manager of Southern Australian International Livestock Services, told Beef Central that the precocious terms and deficiency of availability of cattle successful the United States had created a “small window” to backfill the requirements of immoderate dairies successful Mexico, which needed cattle now.

Mexico has agelong relied connected trucking dairy cattle from the U.S. to supplement its herd requirements. It besides has exported cattle to the U.S.

With reports from Reforma, El Sol de México and Línea Directa