Sheinbaum Confirms Resumption of Mexican Cattle Exports to the US
The US border, shut to Mexican cattle since May 2025 over a screwworm outbreak, reopens in late August via Agua Prieta, Sonora, then two points in Chihuahua.
Agriculture
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Record High for Mexico’s Corn Imports in the First Half of the Year
Corn imports hit 12.28 million tons, almost all US yellow corn for livestock, while white corn for tortillas fell as domestic harvests stabilized supply.
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Mexico’s Fertilizers for Well-Being Reaches 89% of Its 2026 Goal; More Than 1,920,000 Producers Benefited
By early July, the program had moved nearly 970,000 tons of fertilizer through 1,033 centers, and Coahuila was the first state to reach 100%.
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Lime Growers of Papantla, Veracruz, Will Export to Russia for the First Time; It Will Be 21.4 Tons of the Citrus
The shipment could rise to 257.4 tons by late 2026, after the government’s Sembrando Vida program let Papantla’s 9,500 growers sell directly to foreign buyers.
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Mexico Will Be the Fifth Market With Highest Corn Demand and Top Importer in 2035
OECD-FAO projections put Mexico at 10% of all corn traded worldwide by 2035, the widest gap between consumption and domestic production of any major buyer.
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Sheinbaum Inaugurates Plant to Halt the Screwworm in Metapa, Chiapas
Built jointly with the US, the sterile-fly plant drew a $83.8 million pledge from Washington as Sheinbaum framed cooperation over confrontation.
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Mexican Milk & Dairy Imports Start 2026 at Record High
The figures represent the highest level recorded since data has been available, as subsidized US imports, droughts, and increased grain prices have battered Mexican producers.
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Mexican Government Announces Plan to Guarantee White Corn Price
Drought, the dumping of subsidized crops from the US, middle-men profiteering and falling prices have been indebting and ruining Mexico’s corn producers.
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March Called Today Against Monreal Government in Zacatecas for Repression of Bean Farmers
The arrest of 12 people has caused widespread outrage and solidarity from unions, social organizations, and civil society groups.
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Restore Campesino Rights, Reject the USMCA
José Jacobo Femat of the Central of Peasant & Popular Organizations, rejects the USMCA entirely, saying free trade agreements have effectively turned Mexico into a colony of US multinationals.
