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Mexico’s grain production outlook for marketing year (MY) 2025/2026 is higher for corn, rice, and sorghum due to higher local prices driving farmer planting decisions.

On March 17, 2025, Mexico adopted a constitutional amendment banning domestic cultivation of “genetically modified” corn

The 2025 Government of Mexico fiscal year budget for the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) is USD 3.6 billion, slightly higher than the previous year, and four percent lower in real terms.

The Government of Mexico extended the Presidential Anti-Inflation Decree through 2025, maintaining tariff-free access to Mexico’s market for select agricultural products from non-free trade agreement partners.

Mexico is the world’s sixth-largest producer of chicken meat and robust domestic demand is projected to boost production and imports in 2025. High beef and pork prices position chicken meat as the more affordable meat choice.

Mexican cattle exports to the United States resumed in February 2025 after a 70-day pause due to a New World screwworm detection.

This report outlines the current situation for hemp and hemp-related products in Mexico. Given the proximity in both geographic and cultural terms, the growth in the industrial hemp sector in the United States is clearly recognized in Mexico.

On January 31, 2022, Mexico published in its Federal Gazette (the Diario Oficial) the final draft of the cheese conformity assessment procedure (CAP) under "NOM-223-SCFI/SAGARPA-2018, Cheese".

The Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) Mexico City commissioned a consumer survey to assess Mexican’s purchasing habits following the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey focused on changing consumer habits in the wake of COVID-19, consumer perceptions about imported products, and the effect of the new Front of Pack Labeling Law (NOM051) has in consumer purchasing decisions.