# GMO crops issue muddied by differing views among agricultural officials

> Mexico's agriculture minister and his deputy disagree on whether GMO corn used as animal feed will be exempt from the 2024 import ban set by a December 2020 decree. Reuters reports the hardline deputy's position may be gaining ground.

- Date: 2021-07-08 · published 2021-07-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46042-gmo-crops-issue-muddied-by-differing-views-among-agricultural-officials
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

If feed corn is not exempt, the roughly 16 million tonnes of US yellow corn imported for livestock would be at risk, creating downside pressure on US corn export demand and prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-07-14 | [Tight Chinese pork supply to ease by fourth quarter: agriculture official – China Economic Review](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52130-tight-chinese-pork-supply-to-ease-by-fourth-quarter-agriculture-official-china.md) | -1.1% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2021-02-19 | [Mexico pressing ahead with GMO corn, glyphosate bans, says key official \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48618-mexico-pressing-ahead-with-gmo-corn-glyphosate-bans-says-key-official-reuters.md) | +0.6% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2022-08-18 | [USTR addresses fertilizer tariffs, GMO corn ban during Iowa visit - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40009-ustr-addresses-fertilizer-tariffs-gmo-corn-ban-during-iowa-visit-brownfield-ag.md) | +0.4% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2022-02-09 | [Activists push for Mexico’s GM corn ban to include imports \| Agriculture News \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42667-activists-push-for-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-to-include-imports-agriculture-news-al.md) | +0.5% | +15.2% |
| CORN | 2020-03-05 | [Inhofe offers amendment to cap RIN prices, issues letter to EPA \| Biodiesel Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54009-inhofe-offers-amendment-to-cap-rin-prices-issues-letter-to-epa-biodiesel.md) | +0.2% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- mexiconewsdaily.com: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/gmo-crops-issue-muddied-by-differing-views-among-senior-agricultural-officials/

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