A new decree from Mexico took U.S. corn growers by surprise.
The decree said that Mexico would stop importing genetically modified corn from the United States immediately, rather than phasing out the purchase of GMO corn from the United States in the next three years.
Matt Rush, president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association and a farmer in Fairfield, told The Center Square the decree “is a huge deal” that got the immediate attention of U.S. corn growers and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at the White House.
To the relief of corn producers, Mexico modified the Monday decree a day later, saying that it still planned to buy billions of dollars of GMO yellow corn from the United States this year. Yellow corn is primarily used for livestock feed.White corn, the corn that is used for tortillas and flour, makes up a significantly smaller portion of total U.S. exports to […]
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