Thousands of tons of forage products exported to the US from Mexico

Published 2022년 1월 9일

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In 2021, the Mexicali Valley in Baja California, Mexico, exported 62,627 tons of six different forages to the United States, primarily to California, through 18 agricultural companies. Alfalfa was the most exported forage, accounting for 43.9% of the total, with an economic benefit of $96 million pesos. Other exports included sudan hay, wheat straw, corn straw, oat hay, and bermudagrass hay. These exports were facilitated by the State Representation of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development in Baja California, issuing 3,062 certificates of non-grazing to the trading companies.

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MARÍA MERCEDES GARCÍA. THE MEXICAN. The agricultural sector of the Mexicali Valley commercialized six different forages. MEXICALI, Baja California. The State Representation of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development in Baja California, headed by Juan Manuel Martínez Núñez, reported that agricultural producers from the Mexicali Valley exported a total of 62 thousand 627 tons of different forages to the neighboring country to the north, the United States, during the year 2021. Said information is based on the certificates of non-grazing issued by the Country Office through the Livestock Development Program, this year 6 different forages were commercialized, among which alfalfa, sudan hay, wheat straw, corn straw, oats stand out. hay and bermudagrass hay, mainly. Alfalfa was the main exported crop with the shipment of 27 thousand 483 tons, which represented 43.9 percent of the total traded, in this period of time. Engineer Martínez Núñez also highlighted that “alfalfa is ...

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