# US grain farmers go to Mexico to assure buyers vexed by trade relation

> US Grains Council leaders visited Mexican buyers in March to reassure them about supply reliability. Mexican buyers said they were confused and upset by the state of bilateral trade and are considering sourcing corn from Brazil and Argentina.

- Date: 2017-04-04 · published 2017-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71459-us-grain-farmers-go-to-mexico-to-assure-buyers-vexed-by-trade-relation
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

If Mexican buyers diversify to South American corn, US export demand weakens at the margin, a modest bearish pressure on corn.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-05-02 | [Grain Market Update 3rd May - Irish Farmers' Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7489-grain-market-update-3rd-may-irish-farmers-association.md) | -0.5% | +9.7% |
| CORN | 2025-03-04 | [Mexico vows retaliation as Trump trade war erupts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25800-mexico-vows-retaliation-as-trump-trade-war-erupts.md) | +3.2% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2023-05-01 | [Mexico: US Trade Consultation Request 'Violates Mexican Law' \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35913-mexico-us-trade-consultation-request-violates-mexican-law-hoosier-ag-today.md) | +0.3% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2020-06-03 | [Mexico is ready to retaliate to injure American corn farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52568-mexico-is-ready-to-retaliate-to-injure-american-corn-farmers.md) | +0.9% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2019-10-02 | [U.S. farmers receive $14.03 billion so far in government trade aid](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56547-u-s-farmers-receive-14-03-billion-so-far-in-government-trade-aid.md) | +2.2% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/corn/us-grain-farmers-go-to-mexico-to-assure-buyers-vexed-by-trade-relations

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