# The Times podcast: Get out of here with that corn - Los Angeles Times

> Mexico, the largest importer of U.S. corn, is preparing to ban genetically modified corn and glyphosate. The Los Angeles Times podcast discusses the implications for Mexico and the United States with a reporter and a company that buys non-GMO corn from Mexican farmers.

- Date: 2021-08-12 · published 2021-08-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45528-the-times-podcast-get-out-of-here-with-that-corn-los-angeles-times
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A Mexican ban on GMO corn for food would threaten a major U.S. corn export outlet and could shift Mexican demand toward costlier non-GMO imports, weighing on U.S. corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-03-29 | [Mexico's bargaining chips with Trump? How about a corn boycott - Los Angeles Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71976-mexico-s-bargaining-chips-with-trump-how-about-a-corn-boycott-los-angeles-times.md) | +0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2019-12-09 | [The slow pace of exports lower corn prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9819-the-slow-pace-of-exports-lower-corn-prices.md) | -2.5% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2026-10-29 | [Growing corn supplies put pressure on prices in Ukraine and the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/1984-growing-corn-supplies-put-pressure-on-prices-in-ukraine-and-the-eu.md) | -1.5% | — |
| CORN | 2020-03-06 | [Trade aid helped the past 2 years, but what about 2020?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54123-trade-aid-helped-the-past-2-years-but-what-about-2020.md) | -1.0% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2019-08-02 | [August prices start off with new lows — This week in the grain markets - RealAgriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6040-august-prices-start-off-with-new-lows-this-week-in-the-grain-markets.md) | -1.3% | -7.0% |

## Sources

- latimes.com: https://www.latimes.com/podcasts/story/2021-08-12/the-times-podcast-corn-us-mexico

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