Other Ag News: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Announces Major Win for Texas Farmers and Ranchers in Water Negotiations with Mexico

Monday, April 28, 2025 - 3:26pm

(Washington, D.C., April 28, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announces a major win for American agriculture by securing the Mexican government to meet the current water needs of farmers and ranchers in Texas as part of the 1944 Water Treaty. The Mexican government committed to transfer water from international reservoirs and increase the U.S. share of the flow in six of Mexico’s Rio Grande tributaries through the end of the current five-year water cycle.

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