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A feature piece describes how traditional heirloom corn cultivation in Oaxaca, Mexico is declining as aging farmers, migration and erratic weather reduce production. The article links the decline partly to falling corn prices after decades of free trade among the US, Canada and Mexico.
This is a long-running structural story about specialty landrace corn rather than a new supply shock to the commercial feed corn market. It has little direct effect on US corn futures or feed grain prices.
macleans.caMaclean'sMar 6, 2020After 1,982 past trade events, Corn moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.6%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
