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Beef Prices Stay High Despite Border Reopening | Tulsa News
The U.S. is reopening a border crossing in Arizona to import cattle from Mexico and allowing tariff-free ground beef for 90 days, aiming to ease soaring beef prices — but economists say it won’t fix the problem fast enough. The real issue? A decades-long cattle shortage, driven by drought and low prices that discouraged breeding. The border was shut last year after screwworms, a deadly parasite once eradicated, reappeared in Mexico and spread into the U.S. Officials are cautiously reopening with strict inspections to protect livestock, but rebuilding the herd and lowering grocery prices will…
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