# Kansas Corn Growers Look to Mexico as Top Trade Partner - KS Corn

> Kansas corn groups, with state agencies and the US Grains Council, ran a trade mission across Mexico in late March to promote corn, DDGS and ethanol. Mexico bought 523.6 million bushels of US corn and 1.9 million metric tons of DDGS in 2015/2016.

- Date: 2017-04-18 · published 2017-04-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71467-kansas-corn-growers-look-to-mexico-as-top-trade-partner-ks-corn
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

The mission supports continued demand for US corn and DDGS from Mexico, a key outlet during a period of low prices, though it has no immediate price effect.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-03-26 | [Corn and Beans Lower On China Trade Talk.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66033-corn-and-beans-lower-on-china-trade-talk.md) | +3.8% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2019-06-19 | [Trade Matters–A Whole Lot \| SD Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58599-trade-matters-a-whole-lot-sd-corn.md) | +1.3% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2021-09-21 | [USTR talks trade with China, Mexico, Canada, future partnerships \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44959-ustr-talks-trade-with-china-mexico-canada-future-partnerships-capital-press.md) | +1.8% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-10-01 | [The Corn Dispute at the Heart of US–Mexico Agricultural Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17432-the-corn-dispute-at-the-heart-of-us-mexico-agricultural-trade.md) | -1.2% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2018-02-22 | [Exclusive - As Trump trashes NAFTA, Mexico turns to Brazilian corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66461-exclusive-as-trump-trashes-nafta-mexico-turns-to-brazilian-corn.md) | +1.4% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- kscorn.com: https://kscorn.com/2017/04/18/kansas-corn-growers-look-mexico-top-trade-partner/

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