People’s Mañanera September 4
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on security in Zacatecas, the countryside, investment and exports, and water sovereignty.
Agriculture
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Mexico Resumes Cattle Exports to the US After More Than a Year of Suspension over Screwworm
With sterile-fly controls in place, Agua Prieta, Sonora is the first crossing to reopen; Governor Durazo plans a new livestock inspection center in Hermosillo.
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Sinaloa Opens Sorghum Market to China; Seeks to Sell 1.2 Million Tons
A Chengdu firm signed to buy Sinaloan sorghum via the port of Topolobampo, grain that lab tests found beats Australia’s for China’s baijiu liquor.
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Mexico Expresses Concern over China’s 54.3% Tariffs on Pecans
China’s anti-dumping ruling hits Mexican pecan exporters with duties up to 51.6% starting Tuesday; the Economy Secretariat says it will seek to prevent their final imposition.
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People’s Mañanera August 4
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on corn producers, the transparency decree, the INAI overhaul, audience rights, press freedom, plush pensions, and new childcare centers.
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Mexico Exported 501,824 Tonnes of Avocado to the US Between January and April
A 35% surge over 2025 keeps avocado Mexico’s second-biggest agri-food export to the US, a market worth US$3.653 billion last year.
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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.
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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.
