US EditionMexico Calls for Dialogue Among Farmers in the Midst of Widespread Blockades by Corn Prices
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A popular saying in Mexico says that “without corn there is no country” and in the last two days, Mexican farmers have been betting with their tractors on the roads to demonstrate to the government the reality of that phrase. Maize producers in the states of Guanajuato, Michoacan and Jalisco have been protesting for more than 48 hours demanding the increase of the government price for their crops. The problem is no less for a country where its i…
Mexico City, Oct. 28 (EFE).- Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that her government is keeping open the dialogue tables with agricultural producers who led protests in different regions of the country to demand that the minimum price of maize be set at 7,200 pesos (about $391). “Yes, there is a proposal that was made to them, the working table is open and it will follow the dialogue table,” said the president during her daily pres…
Jaime GUERRERO Agricultural leaders of basic grains love to climb their protests internationally by blocking customs on the northern border if a minimum price of 7 thousand 200 pesos per ton of corn is not fixed. Meanwhile, they maintain blockades at 33 road points in at least five states, generating road chaos in [...] The post Farmers threaten to take border customs and maintain blockades at 33 road points appeared first on Page 3.
Farmers from different municipalities of Jalisco carried out roadblocks to demand better prices for the sale of maize. Protesters claim that the cost of production per ton is about 5,000 pesos, while marketers pay them between 4,800 and 5,200, which generates economic losses. Farmers demand that the price is raised to 7,200 pesos per ton, a figure they consider fair and that it would allow them to support their families and continue their agricu…
After five hours of negotiation with the Secretary of Agriculture, Julio Berdegué, and the Undersecretary of the Interior, César Yáñez, the peasants of Michoacan, Jalisco and Guanajuato announced some agreements reached. According to the workers of the camp, it was agreed to accept a support of 950 pesos per ton of corn and leave an open base to negotiate the guarantee price of the ton of this grain. What does this mean? They will receive 950 pe…
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