Mexico to need lots of imported wheat in 2025

of grains and oilseeds, down 8.4 million tons from 2021’s 40.8 million tons, a decline of 20.59%. The crops most affected will be corn, wheat and sorghum, which are key to both national food security and industrial supply chains, writes Elisa Galeana, an industry analyst for Mexico Business News. In particular, corn production is forecast to decline to 21.7 million tons, down 5.4% from the previous year. Of this, 19 million tons will be white corn and 2.69 million tons will be yellow corn. Juan Carlos Anaya, director of the GCMA, noted that the corn harvest has been declining for two years in a row due to drought, with the main decline in production coming from Sinaloa and Sonora, the largest corn-producing states in Mexico. In 2025, Sinaloa production is forecast at 1.8 million tons, while Sonora will only produce 98,525 tons. Despite recent rains in south-central Mexico, northern states continue to face critically low reservoir levels. According to the latest report from the ...