# Vilsack claims Mexico GMO corn ban doesn’t apply to animal feed - The Organic & Non-GMO Report

> US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Mexico's GMO corn ban would apply only to corn for human food and not to feed-grade corn, based on talks with Mexico's agriculture secretary. He also said the impact would be smaller than a full ban.

- Date: 2021-04-09 · published 2021-04-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47587-vilsack-claims-mexico-gmo-corn-ban-doesn-t-apply-to-animal-feed-the-organic-and
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

If feed corn is exempt, Mexico's major US corn import demand for livestock feed is protected, which supports US corn export prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-03-26 | [Vilsack: Mexico GMO corn ban won't apply to animal feed - KBHB News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47588-vilsack-mexico-gmo-corn-ban-won-t-apply-to-animal-feed-kbhb-news.md) | +1.2% | +8.8% |
| CORN | 2025-06-17 | [Mexico’s constitutional amendment bans plantings of GMO corn - The Organic & Non-GMO Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24178-mexico-s-constitutional-amendment-bans-plantings-of-gmo-corn-the-organic-and.md) | -2.5% | -4.3% |
| CORN | 2023-02-14 | [Mexico opens door for GM corn in animal feed, industrial use \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37293-mexico-opens-door-for-gm-corn-in-animal-feed-industrial-use-reuters.md) | -0.8% | -5.8% |
| CORN | 2024-04-16 | [Mexico pushes back GMO corn ban date to 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30708-mexico-pushes-back-gmo-corn-ban-date-to-2025.md) | -0.3% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2022-07-15 | [Mexico’s glyphosate and GMO corn ban overturned by federal judge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40467-mexico-s-glyphosate-and-gmo-corn-ban-overturned-by-federal-judge.md) | -10.7% | -8.4% |

## Sources

- non-gmoreport.com: https://non-gmoreport.com/vilsack-claims-mexico-gmo-corn-ban-doesnt-apply-to-animal-feed/

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