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UNAM's Biotechnology Institute publicly endorsed GMO crop use in agriculture in November, through a 500-page book produced by 17 Mexican scientists. The book argues there is no evidence of damage from transgenic cultivars and that Mexican farmers should be allowed to adopt them.
Academic support for GMO cultivation could eventually ease Mexico's restrictions on biotech corn, which would affect long-term import and production patterns for corn and soybean meal, though the impact is not immediate.
allianceforscience.orgLuis A. Ventura-MartínezJan 17, 2018After 439 past neutral policy events, CORN moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.2%), and +1.1% over 20.
After 206 past neutral policy events, SBM moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (44% higher; middle half -2.3% to +1.8%), and -0.7% 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.
