Zapopan is an important crop area on the outskirts of Guadalajara, the capital city of Jalisco state.

The fields of Zapopan are among the Bajio's most important sources of grain because of location. Greater Guadalajara sits in the middle of a huge grain consumption zone for humans and other animals.

SAGARPA officials standing in a Tapopan corn field.

SAGARPA officials discuss field conditions against backdrop of corn fields.

Field conditions were highly variable across Zapopan.