# Grains Council Chief Says USMCA Isn't Without Challenges | AG | kmaland.com

> U.S. Grains Council CEO Ryan LeGrand said the USMCA trade agreement, in effect since 2020, has challenges, mainly Mexico's decrees to ban glyphosate and GMO corn for human food. He said Mexico imports about 40% of its grain needs and cannot easily source non-GMO supplies.

- Date: 2021-08-07 · published 2021-08-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45529-grains-council-chief-says-usmca-isn-t-without-challenges-ag-kmaland-com
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico's planned GMO corn ban could cut demand for U.S. corn and raise Mexico's reliance on other origins, a bearish risk for U.S. corn exports and a possible support for non-GMO supply premiums.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-01-11 | [U.S. Grains Council on China actions - Morning Ag Clips](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72865-u-s-grains-council-on-china-actions-morning-ag-clips.md) | +0.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2019-05-16 | [US Grains Council says US-China trade war hitting crush margin by 10 cents a gallon  : The Daily Digest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59108-us-grains-council-says-us-china-trade-war-hitting-crush-margin-by-10-cents-a.md) | +4.0% | +9.8% |
| CORN | 2025-05-02 | [The Farmer's Exchange Online China Says It Doesn't Need U.S. Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14666-the-farmer-s-exchange-online-china-says-it-doesn-t-need-u-s-grain.md) | -3.8% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2019-10-02 | [It’s not just China: US growers face long-term challenges \| 2019-10-01  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56550-it-s-not-just-china-us-growers-face-long-term-challenges-2019-10-01-agri-pulse.md) | +2.2% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2025-09-03 | [New figures shine a light on changing grain flows to China — and how the US is losing out](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16917-new-figures-shine-a-light-on-changing-grain-flows-to-china-and-how-the-us-is.md) | -0.5% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- kmaland.com: https://www.kmaland.com/ag/grains-council-chief-says-usmca-isnt-without-challenges/article_bac22482-f3be-11eb-a3a4-33637d0ffda1.html

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