# Mexico bans glyphosate and GM corn – Town Community Cooperative Inc

> An opinion-style piece reports that Mexico banned glyphosate and the cultivation and importation of GM corn in February 2025 despite US industry lobbying. It notes US corn exports to Mexico have grown substantially since NAFTA.

- Date: 2025-08-21 · published 2025-08-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23297-mexico-bans-glyphosate-and-gm-corn-town-community-cooperative-inc
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The ban on GM corn imports is a policy risk to US corn exports to Mexico, but the article adds no new measure, so the price effect is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-01-12 | [Glyphosate and corn, T-MEC topics: Brady - Opportimes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43121-glyphosate-and-corn-t-mec-topics-brady-opportimes.md) | -2.6% | +3.6% |
| CORN | 2021-07-19 | [Why Mexico's phaseout of glyphosate and GMO corn may help to reverse years of U.S. trade policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46046-why-mexico-s-phaseout-of-glyphosate-and-gmo-corn-may-help-to-reverse-years-of-u.md) | -1.1% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2023-02-14 | [Mexico issues new decree to end biotech corn imports \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37296-mexico-issues-new-decree-to-end-biotech-corn-imports-agri-pulse-communications.md) | -0.8% | -5.8% |
| CORN | 2021-06-22 | [TriplePundit   •  Mexico’s GMO Corn Ban: An Obstacle or Non-GMO Opportunity?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46591-triplepundit-mexico-s-gmo-corn-ban-an-obstacle-or-non-gmo-opportunity.md) | +1.1% | -6.9% |
| CORN | 2023-09-06 | [Mexico Could Modify GM Corn Ban to Appease US, Canada and Avoid Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34072-mexico-could-modify-gm-corn-ban-to-appease-us-canada-and-avoid-tariffs.md) | -1.3% | -6.5% |

## Sources

- stjamestowncoop.org: https://stjamestowncoop.org/mexico-bans-glyphosate-and-gm-corn/

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