# Mexico’s refusal to allow ag biotech harms North American ag - Texas Farm Bureau

> The Texas Farm Bureau says Mexico has delayed scientific risk assessments for 25 agricultural biotech products since 2018. It reports President López Obrador reaffirmed his plan to phase out biotech corn for human consumption by 2024 in an October letter to President Biden.

- Date: 2021-12-08 · published 2021-12-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43572-mexico-s-refusal-to-allow-ag-biotech-harms-north-american-ag-texas-farm-bureau
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Companies and farmers may delay introducing new biotech crops if they cannot be sold into Mexico, which limits future US supply growth and export demand. The impact on current prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-04-24 | [The Disappearing Farm Bill Safety Net \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71482-the-disappearing-farm-bill-safety-net-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm.md) | +0.8% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2021-12-27 | [Bipartisan Request to Hold Mexico Accountable on Biotech Policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43573-bipartisan-request-to-hold-mexico-accountable-on-biotech-policy.md) | -1.3% | +3.3% |
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| CORN | 2023-11-27 | [Public News Service \| Mexico’s GM Corn Ban Opens Market for American Farmers \| Farm Action](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33148-public-news-service-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-opens-market-for-american-farmers-farm.md) | -0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2025-11-11 | [GM corn and challenges to Mexico’s food sovereignty by Elizabeth Fitting - American Ethnological Society](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21929-gm-corn-and-challenges-to-mexico-s-food-sovereignty-by-elizabeth-fitting.md) | +2.0% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- texasfarmbureau.org: https://texasfarmbureau.org/mexicos-refusal-to-allow-ag-biotech-harms-north-american-ag/

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