# Making Rural Mexico Great Again: Leading Candidate Endorses Farmers’ Reform Program – Food Tank

> Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador endorsed a farmers' proposal, the Plan de Ayala Siglo XXI, to regenerate rural Mexico on April 10 before a crowd of about 5,000. He leads the July 1 election by roughly 20 points and has pledged to produce in Mexico what Mexicans eat rather than buy it overseas. The program is a challenge to existing trade and agricultural policy in Mexico and the US.

- Date: 2018-04-30 · published 2018-04-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65474-making-rural-mexico-great-again-leading-candidate-endorses-farmers-reform
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Mexican Peso (MXN per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDMXN.md)

## Why it matters

A likely future Mexican government favoring food self-sufficiency and reopening NAFTA terms could reduce Mexican imports of US corn, soybean meal and other feed ingredients over time. That adds downside risk to US export demand, though the outcome depends on the election and renegotiation.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- USDMXN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-04-05 | [Mexico’s plan to ban glyphosate by 2024 is already backfiring against farmers, consumers and the environment](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41805-mexico-s-plan-to-ban-glyphosate-by-2024-is-already-backfiring-against-farmers.md) | -2.1% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-10-18 | [A Plan to Rebuild Rural Mexico Could Shake Up U.S. Corn Markets - Progressive.org](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62511-a-plan-to-rebuild-rural-mexico-could-shake-up-u-s-corn-markets-progressive-org.md) | -2.2% | -6.8% |
| CORN | 2024-10-15 | [Mexico’s President Reaffirms Ban on Planting & Consumption of GMO White Corn - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27821-mexico-s-president-reaffirms-ban-on-planting-and-consumption-of-gmo-white-corn.md) | -0.1% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2021-01-11 | [What Does Mexico’s GM Corn Ban Mean for U.S. Producers? – The Van Trump Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49128-what-does-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-mean-for-u-s-producers-the-van-trump-report.md) | +6.3% | +12.8% |
| CORN | 2018-05-16 | [Can Mexico Produce Its Own Food? President López Obrador Thinks So](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65009-can-mexico-produce-its-own-food-president-lopez-obrador-thinks-so.md) | +0.3% | -4.4% |
| SBM | 2024-12-28 | [The financial problems of a major agricultural group bring to the forefront the demand for lower export taxes – Universidad Austral](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13890-the-financial-problems-of-a-major-agricultural-group-bring-to-the-forefront-the.md) | -0.1% | +0.4% |
| SBM | 2017-11-07 | [CAP reform: From sustainable feed to sustainable food - IPES-Food](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68000-cap-reform-from-sustainable-feed-to-sustainable-food-ipes-food.md) | -1.5% | +8.0% |
| SBM | 2025-06-13 | [How Bullish are EPA’s Blending Mandates for Soybean Prices?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15112-how-bullish-are-epa-s-blending-mandates-for-soybean-prices.md) | -3.4% | -9.4% |

## Sources

- foodtank.com: https://foodtank.com/news/2018/04/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-regeneration-mexico-rural-agriculture-tim-wise/

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