CropsIn Sonora, Mexico, a CIMMYT and Grupo Trimex programme combining conservation agriculture, soil-tested fertilizer and better irrigation raised wheat yields from 3 to 4 tonnes a hectare while using less water, fuel and nitrogen per tonne.
AgribusinessThe Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says US farm exports to China rose nearly 50% in the first half of 2026 but remain far below 2022, while Mexico is providing the strongest growth.
CropsTwenty-two specialists spent two weeks in Mexico learning to identify, monitor and manage wheat blast, rusts, Fusarium head blight, tar spot and maize lethal necrosis.
CropsThe new deposit extends the safety backup of the genebank in Mexico, which holds about 28,630 maize and more than 124,000 wheat accessions conserved as global public goods for research and breeding.
EnvironmentWith Category 3 Hurricane Polo threatening landfall, power went out in parts of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and sea water broke through sand barriers at the fishing port of Puerto San Carlos.
AgribusinessThe Agricultural Coalition for the USMCA says farm and seafood exports to Canada and Mexico generated $149 billion of US economic output in 2024.
LivestockThe Texas Department of Agriculture's Del Rio Livestock Export Facility has reopened to horse exports after talks between USDA's APHIS and Mexico's SENASICA, with extra checks for New World screwworm.
Market ManagementA bipartisan House group asks US trade officials to use the USMCA review to win Mexican protections like PACA for growers when a buyer defaults.
LivestockThe border crossing that handled about 43% of cattle imports will take 750 to 1,600 head a day under treatment rules, but experts say beef prices will not fall soon.
LivestockUSDA and the Texas Animal Health Commission released another New World screwworm zone on 21 September; the Santa Teresa port reopens to Mexican cattle on 24 September.
