# Tortillas and Business: The Cost of Not Producing What We Eat

> Mexico's white corn output has fallen steadily, from 27 million tons in 2023 to 23 million in 2024, with an estimate of 21.7 million in 2025, a roughly 20% drop in five years. Domestic corn consumption is expected to reach 47.6 million tons in 2025, leaving the country reliant on imports for about half its grain.

- Date: 2025-07-28 · published 2025-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23715-tortillas-and-business-the-cost-of-not-producing-what-we-eat
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A widening gap between Mexican corn output and demand keeps import needs high, supporting demand for US and other foreign corn and reinforcing export flows for feed grain buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-05-29 | [Wheat prices are rising because of the hot and dry weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65065-wheat-prices-are-rising-because-of-the-hot-and-dry-weather.md) | -3.7% | -9.3% |
| CORN | 2026-08-08 | [Wheat and corn harvests : why the heatwave is causing French production to drop sharply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17841-wheat-and-corn-harvests-why-the-heatwave-is-causing-french-production-to-drop.md) | +3.0% | +11.1% |
| CORN | 2021-06-21 | [Hot, dry weather stresses crops in heart of the Corn Belt and Northern Plains - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46417-hot-dry-weather-stresses-crops-in-heart-of-the-corn-belt-and-northern-plains.md) | -3.3% | -8.0% |
| CORN | 2024-07-23 | [Crop Watch: Producers welcome cool weather but not the dry pattern  \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13166-crop-watch-producers-welcome-cool-weather-but-not-the-dry-pattern-reuters.md) | -0.3% | -3.4% |
| CORN | 2026-04-23 | [Market Snapshot \| Costly inputs and weather burden global wheat production - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19768-market-snapshot-costly-inputs-and-weather-burden-global-wheat-production-pro.md) | +1.7% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- mexicobusiness.news: https://mexicobusiness.news/agribusiness/news/tortillas-and-business-cost-not-producing-what-we-eat

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