# GMOs, Canadian dairy access in USMCA crosshairs

> Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with Mexican Agriculture Secretary Victor Villalobos and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to press for biotechnology acceptance and to discuss the planned 2024 ban on GM corn for human consumption. Dairy groups also pressed for Canadian compliance on dairy access under USMCA after Canada's proposal on the dispute.

- Date: 2022-04-06 · published 2022-04-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41804-gmos-canadian-dairy-access-in-usmca-crosshairs
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico imports millions of tonnes of US corn mainly for animal feed, so any move to restrict biotech corn could reduce feed grain demand and pressure corn prices, though the outcome remains uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- MILK: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-01-16 | [Canada’s dairy lesson can help solve Mexico corn crisis \| Canada's National Observer: Climate News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32100-canada-s-dairy-lesson-can-help-solve-mexico-corn-crisis-canada-s-national.md) | -0.4% | -5.4% |
| CORN | 2023-08-30 | [Mexico embeds GM corn ban in food regs as USMCA dispute intensifies \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34542-mexico-embeds-gm-corn-ban-in-food-regs-as-usmca-dispute-intensifies-agri-pulse.md) | -0.0% | -8.2% |
| CORN | 2024-07-25 | [Low Prices and High Costs Worry Corn Producers in Mato Grosso](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13559-low-prices-and-high-costs-worry-corn-producers-in-mato-grosso.md) | -2.9% | -4.5% |
| CORN | 2025-03-19 | [Farmers Caught in Crossfire of Chinese Ship Fee Fight \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25782-farmers-caught-in-crossfire-of-chinese-ship-fee-fight-farm-bureau-intel-markets.md) | -2.4% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2021-07-26 | [Winners and losers in Mexico's GM corn ban - Alliance for Science](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46047-winners-and-losers-in-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-alliance-for-science.md) | -0.5% | -2.0% |
| MILK | 2019-07-01 | [Farmers give new dairy safety net a try \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4200-farmers-give-new-dairy-safety-net-a-try-capital-press.md) | +6.5% | +7.4% |
| MILK | 2016-06-02 | [Dairy safety net in need of patches -  \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7547-dairy-safety-net-in-need-of-patches-ag-proud.md) | +3.6% | +3.3% |
| MILK | 2018-12-26 | [Lots of good things for dairy in new farm bill](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61717-lots-of-good-things-for-dairy-in-new-farm-bill.md) | -0.1% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/livestock-and-poultry-market-news/gmos-canadian-dairy-access-in-usmca-crosshairs

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