Good Pork Prices but Grain Price Rise Predicted
MEXICO - This year will continue the pressure on the prices of commodities such as grains, especially corn and wheat but also we expect a good year for pork price in Mexico, writes Fernando Ortiz, Ibero-America...

Steady Livestock Growth Over Past 10 Years
MEXICO - Primary-livestock activities have the highest average annual growth over the past 10 years, at a rate of 3.6 per cent annually, exceeding the growth of human population of the country. This was...

Mexico Hog Markets
MEXICO - With Mexico's GDP currently forecast to increase by 4.1 per cent in 2011, pork producers are also gearing up for an improved year as demand returns in many sectors, writes Fernando Ortiz from...

USMEF Publishes Export Guidelines for Mexico
MEXICO - A comprehensive set of guidelines for managing and expediting the export of red meat products to Mexico has been developed by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Mexico Manages Effects of Prolonged Drought
MEXICO - Rain during July and August, as well as government support, will be key to the livestock sector's output for the second half of 2011, according to the latest GAIN Report from the USDA Foreign...

Mexican Hog Market - July 2011
MEXICO - With Mexico's GDP currently forecast to increase by 4.1 per cent in 2011, pork producers are also gearing up for an improved year as demand returns in many sectors, writes Fernando Ortiz, H. -...

MAP and FMD Funds Grow Mexican DDGS Market
MEXICO - Over the past five years, Mexico’s imports of US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) have grown from 360,000 metric tons in 2006 to just over1.6 million tons in 2010. With the support...

Hog Producers Comment on Availability of Feed Grain
MEXICO - Leaders of Hog farmer organisations in Canada, the United States and Mexico have a major concern in common regarding the availability of feed grain.

Pork Commentary: Mexico Road Trip
MEXICO - Last week we visited Mexico, writes Jim Long.

Mexico Makes Meat Imports Easier
MEXICO - Mexico has introduced a 'Reliable Importer Program' to improve procedures for imports of for meat and poultry from the US.

US Pork Exports to Mexico Thriving
MEXICO - According to the latest export statistics, US pork continues to achieve remarkable success in Mexico.

Cancun Congress to Highlight World Livestock Report
MEXICO - Insights into a newly published report on the world livestock sector will be presented in April to the Global Feed & Food Congress being held in Cancun.

US DDGS Success in Canada Trickles Down to Mexico
MEXICO - A 2009 study, co-sponsored by the US Grains Council, showed feeding high levels of distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to Canadian swine reduced producers’ input costs and provided...

Mexican Industry Copes with Recession, H1N1
MEXICO - The livestock sector in Mexico is coping with the recession somewhat better than expected.

Still Room for More US DDGS in Mexico
MEXICO - Distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), although a relatively new product in the feed grains industry, has proven to be a valuable and growing commodity for global agriculture. Mexico...

Mexican Pork Export Drops Due to A/H1N1 Flu
MEXICO - Mexico's pork export dropped 90 per cent, or by around 30,000 tons, due to the spread of the A/H1N1 flu, according to a report on Monday.

Mexico Extends Post-flu Pork Campaign
MEXICO - The Mexican government Tuesday launched measures to encourage pork consumption, which declined sharply after the outbreak of A(H1N1) flu in the country.

Pork Sales Slump in Mexico
MEXICO - A pig producer reports that pork sales have fallen to zero as the result of H1N1 flu fears.

Six Months Needed for Pork Demand to Recover
MEXICO - Mexico's pork demand and prices will probably need six months to recover from the 70 per cent collapse seen in recent weeks due to A/H1N1 flu, Mexico's Agriculture Minister Alberto Cardenas Jimenez...

Four Nations Lift Temporary Bans on Pork Import
MEXICO - Ecuador, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates and Honduras have lifted temporary restrictions on pork imports from Mexico, the Economy Ministry said Tuesday.

Mexico Announces Three States as Free of CSF
MEXICO - The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishery and Food (SAGARPA) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register) on 30 January 2009, a notice declaring three...

Meat and Poultry Products Not Part of Tariff Hikes
MEXICO - Meat and poultry products are not on the list of US products that will be subject to retaliatory tariffs, published by the Mexican government today in the Official Diary.