# Native Corn In Mexico Takes On Big Ag in Epic Environmental Justice Battle, Trailblazing A Path For Collective Actions — Impact Fund

> A legal battle in Mexico involves farmers, scientists and consumer groups opposing permits for genetically modified corn cultivation by multinational companies. The case aims to protect native corn from genetic contamination. Mexico consumes about 44.7 million metric tons of corn this year.

- Date: 2019-05-02 · published 2019-05-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59068-native-corn-in-mexico-takes-on-big-ag-in-epic-environmental-justice-battle
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Litigation over GM corn cultivation could eventually affect Mexico's corn import demand and biotech acceptance. The near-term price impact on feed corn markets is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-04-30 | [Mexico Bans GM Corn Cultivation in Constitutional Reform: Action Follows Trade Ruling That Ignored Evidence of Genetic Contamination \| Inter Press Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25097-mexico-bans-gm-corn-cultivation-in-constitutional-reform-action-follows-trade.md) | -1.7% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2020-04-08 | [Mexico Includes Native Corn As Part of National Heritage, Passes Law To Prevent ‘Intellectual Plundering’](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53597-mexico-includes-native-corn-as-part-of-national-heritage-passes-law-to-prevent.md) | -5.9% | -7.4% |
| CORN | 2023-11-27 | [Public News Service \| Mexico’s GM Corn Ban Opens Market for American Farmers \| Farm Action](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33148-public-news-service-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-opens-market-for-american-farmers-farm.md) | -0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2023-02-14 | [Mexico issues new decree to end biotech corn imports \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37296-mexico-issues-new-decree-to-end-biotech-corn-imports-agri-pulse-communications.md) | -0.8% | -5.8% |
| CORN | 2024-10-01 | [Feenstra, Kildee Lead Letter Urging USDA and USTR to Engage with Newly Elected Mexican President over Mexico’s Ban on American Corn Imports \| Representative Randy Feenstra](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27819-feenstra-kildee-lead-letter-urging-usda-and-ustr-to-engage-with-newly-elected.md) | +0.2% | -2.4% |

## Sources

- impactfund.org: https://www.impactfund.org/social-justice-blog/mexico-gmo

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