Title: New Mexico State University USDA-ERS Cooperative Agreement Research
1New Mexico State University USDA-ERS Cooperative
Agreement Research
- Rhonda Skaggs, Ph.D.
- Dept. of Ag Economics Ag Business
- NMSU
- Las Cruces, NM
2History
- Research since 1999
- 2 agreements
- NMSU located in Las Cruces, NM
- Proximity to Santa Teresa, NM
- Four masters students supported
- Diana Lopez Mitchell (MS)
- René Acuña (MS)
- Christie Guinn (MAG)
- Cristina Carmona (MAG)
3Collaboration with
- New Mexico Department of Agriculture
- New Mexico Livestock Board
- Unión Ganadera Regional de Chihuahua
- Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
42003 Distribution of Imported Mexican Calves
(1.2 million animals)
51 Econometric Analysis of Cattle Movements
from Mexico to the U.S. (D. Lopez Mitchell)
- Need for information on annual flow of calves by
port by month - Allocation of inspection services and personnel
- Budgeting
- Development of models to explain predict
Mexican calf imports - Precipitation (seasonality)
- U.S. prices
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9Calves Imported at Santa Teresa, NM
- When the price ratio ?, calf imports ?
- When rainfall in Chihuahua ?, calf imports ?
- Model explained 75 of variability
10Results for Other Ports-of-Entry
- Eagle Pass, TX 60
- Del Rio, TX 68
- Hidalgo, TX 34
- Laredo, TX 71
- Presidio, TX 68
- Columbus, NM 66
- San Luis, AZ 60
- Douglas, AZ 63
- Nogales, AZ 79
112 - Identification of Origins Destinations of
Imported Mexican Cattle (R. Acuña)
- Initiated Spring 2001
- Interest in livestock traceability
- Europe, Canada
- Food Mouth Disease, BSE
- Data for imported Mexican calves
- Santa Teresa / San Jerónimo
12Sources of Data
- Origins of calves in Mexico
- Certificado Zoosanitario Unión Ganadera
- 900 observation The Ins
- Destinations of calves in the U.S.
- Unión Ganadera, bills of lading
- 4,025 observations The Outs
- New Mexico Livestock Board
- 2,278 observations Inspection certificates
13Procedures
- Create database in MS-Access
- Convert data files
- Import data to Arc-View
- Join data for the imported calves with geographic
data - States, counties, zip codes, municipios
- Derive sums, maps, tables
- Tuberculin number is common between New Mexico
inspection form and Mexican certificado
zoosanitario
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193 - Overview of North American Cattle Trade (C.
Guinn)
- North American Beef and Cattle Trade A Current
Perspective - Publication describes status of US-Mexico-Canada
beef cattle trade - NM AES technical report
20- Live Cattle Imports by Port of Entry from Mexico
to the United States Data Models - Update Lopez Mitchell work
- Models explanatory power ?
- As US-Mexico live cattle price ratio ?, imports ?
- Rainfall coefficients not different from zero
- NM AES research report
- Currently revising existing US livestock sector
model to better capture Mexican imports
21Current model revision work
- Animal products branch quarterly livestock model
- (R. Stillman)
- This model treated cattle beef imports as
exogenous - We are trying to endogenize the imports
224 The Chihuahua, Mexico Export Cattle Industry
(C. Carmona)
- Procedures for Exporting Cattle from Chihuahua,
Mexico to the USA - Detailed description of Mexican policy
environment, regulations current procedures for
exporting cattle to the US. - NM AES technical report
23Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Test
Certificate of Herd of Origin
Cattle Movement Permit
Exportation to United States
Certificate of Ovariectomy Spaying
Zoosanitary Certificate
24- Results of a Survey of Cattle Exporters in
Chihuahua, Mexico - Develop information for the population of cattle
exporters in Chihuahua, Mexico -
- Provide an overview of how Mexican cattle
exporters perceive US-Mexico cattle trade - Random sample survey
- Data from 143 cattle exporters
- Interviews during Summer 2004
- UACh collaboration
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26- Results of a Survey of Cattle Exporters in
Chihuahua, Mexico - Mean cattle exported 549
- Exports ranged from lt 50 - 3,000 head
- Export to US for better prices, ability to sell
large lots - Avg. 18 years of exporting to US
- 80 have received government subsidies (genetics)
27Survey of Chihuahua Cattle Exporters
- Pessimism about Mexican market
- Predict more US sanitary barriers
- Reasons for involvement in livestock industry
- Tradition, culture, lifestyle, social status
- Enterprise diversification
- Developing producer/exporter typology
- W 192
28Other activities
- Effect of US brand laws on imports of Mexican
cattle - C. Guinn
- Development of an improved bill of lading for use
at NM ports of entry - C. Carmona
29Thank You Gracias!
30- Rhonda Skaggs, Ph.D.
- Professor, Agricultural Experiment Station
- Dept. of Ag Economics Ag Business
- Box 30003 MSC 3169
- New Mexico State University
- Las Cruces, NM 88003
- Tel 505-646-1344 or 505-646-2401
- Fax 505-646-3808
- Email rskaggs_at_nmsu.edu