# Grain Mission Participants Visit Mexico to See Hot Grain Market, Meet Key Buyers - América Latina

> Seven U.S. farmers are visiting Mexico on a U.S. Grains Council export mission, meeting end-users, trading companies and government officials. The Council reports U.S. feed grain and livestock-product exports to Mexico hit a record 22.7 million metric tons of corn equivalent in marketing year 2015/2016, up 14 percent year over year.

- Date: 2016-12-09 · published 2016-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73423-grain-mission-participants-visit-mexico-to-see-hot-grain-market-meet-key-buyers
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Strong, growing Mexican demand for U.S. corn, sorghum and DDGS supports export pull on U.S. feed grain prices, though this trip is market development rather than a new purchase.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-11-14 | [USDA Trade Mission Emphasizes Importance Of Mexican Market - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56024-usda-trade-mission-emphasizes-importance-of-mexican-market-u-s-grains-and.md) | -0.9% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2026-04-08 | [U.S. Corn Secures Continued Access to $5 Billion Mexican Corn Export Market - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19671-u-s-corn-secures-continued-access-to-5-billion-mexican-corn-export-market-u-s.md) | -1.0% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2020-03-25 | [Cheap US corn lures Chinese buyers seeking American grain - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54000-cheap-us-corn-lures-chinese-buyers-seeking-american-grain-agweek-1-source-for.md) | +5.3% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2018-11-05 | [Successful Marketing Leads To Additional Corn And DDGS Sales To Mexico - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62023-successful-marketing-leads-to-additional-corn-and-ddgs-sales-to-mexico-u-s.md) | +1.8% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2018-10-04 | [New U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Preserves Market Access, Improves Trade Logistics To Top U.S. Grain Markets - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62508-new-u-s-mexico-canada-agreement-preserves-market-access-improves-trade.md) | -1.5% | -1.1% |

## Sources

- grains.org: https://grains.org/ltamex/grain-mission-participants-visit-mexico-to-see-hot-grain-market-meet-key-buyers/

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