Mexico increases the production of grains and oilseeds, continued dependence on the outside
Mexico
Published Jul 6, 2022
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The production of basic grains, oilseeds and fodder is increasing and for the end of this agricultural year 2022 a volume of 39 million 509 thousand 393 tons is expected, that is, two million 402 thousand 952 tons more than in 2021, reported the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader). However, Mexico will continue to be dependent on foreign grains and oilseeds, since only in yellow corn, it will import 16.2 million tons this year, according to official data.
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During the Follow-up Meeting for the Plan Against Inflation and Famine (Pacic), and the strengthening of the Product Systems, the federal agency pointed out that in corn a production of 28.9 million tons is estimated for the closing of the 2022 agricultural cycle, a higher figure to the 27 million 503 thousand tons reached in the 2021 agricultural cycle. As a result of inter-institutional work, he explained that in the case of wheat the trend is positive and it is expected to reach three million 300 thousand tons, 356 thousand 555 tons more compared to the two million 943 thousand 445 registered in 2018, and in sorghum it is estimated a production of five million 104 thousand 449 tons, against the four million 370 thousand 064 of the previous year. Regarding beans, one million 374 thousand 998 tons are expected, which is above the million 288 thousand 806 tons of the 2021 agricultural cycle, an increase that as a country places us in the range of food self-sufficiency in this ...
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