
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue welcomed a preliminary US-Mexico trade agreement announced August 27, 2018 as part of the NAFTA renegotiation. The deal includes new agricultural biotechnology language and says it will not block exports of GMO crops from US farms to Mexico.
Preserving access for biotech corn and other GM crops to Mexico, the largest US corn and DDGS buyer, supports demand for US feed grains and co-products and removes a key source of uncertainty for prices.
After 729 past bullish trade events, Corn moved a median +0.4% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -1.1% to +1.8%), and +0.5% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 224 past neutral trade events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (43% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.2%), and -0.2% 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.