# GMO crops across state lines bedevil Seduma official - Yucatán Magazine

> Yucatan state officials say illegal transgenic soybean plantings in neighbouring Campeche and Quintana Roo complicate enforcement of the state's GMO-free status. The official warns that GMO seeds can drift and contaminate native corn and affect bees.

- Date: 2017-08-26 · published 2017-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69426-gmo-crops-across-state-lines-bedevil-seduma-official-yucatan-magazine
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Enforcement fights over GM soybeans in Mexico are a minor supply factor for soybean demand and do not signal a meaningful price move.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

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## Sources

- yucatanmagazine.com: https://yucatanmagazine.com/gmo-crops/

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