# Viewpoint: Mexico’s glyphosate weedkiller import restrictions could harm farmers and consumers alike

> Mexico's environment ministry has denied imports of a thousand tons of glyphosate and is pushing to eliminate its use. Crop protection industry representatives warn that weed control losses could reduce yields for corn, sorghum and other crops.

- Date: 2020-06-17 · published 2020-06-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52570-viewpoint-mexico-s-glyphosate-weedkiller-import-restrictions-could-harm-farmers
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Restricted glyphosate supply could reduce Mexican crop yields for corn and sorghum, which may tighten grain supply and support prices over time.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2017-04-27 | [Consumers and farmers burned  by EPA regulations on renewable fuel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71381-consumers-and-farmers-burned-by-epa-regulations-on-renewable-fuel.md) | +1.7% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2022-07-27 | [Mexican judge authorizes Bayer to continue supplying glyphosate until court resolves case \| Agroberichten Buitenland](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40468-mexican-judge-authorizes-bayer-to-continue-supplying-glyphosate-until-court.md) | +3.1% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2022-07-19 | [Injunction allows Monsanto to sow GM corn, use glyphosate](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40466-injunction-allows-monsanto-to-sow-gm-corn-use-glyphosate.md) | -9.0% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2019-12-02 | [Viewpoint: How international anti-biotech activists manipulate year-old Mexican government to block crop GMO innovations](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55544-viewpoint-how-international-anti-biotech-activists-manipulate-year-old-mexican.md) | -0.2% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- geneticliteracyproject.org: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/06/17/viewpoint-mexicos-glyphosate-weedkiller-import-restriction-could-harm-farmers-and-consumers-alike/

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