Insights and Stories on Mexico

TFW program to be overhauled after COVID-19 outbreaks on farms

Jun. 19, 2020 at 2:43 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is overhauling its temporary foreign worker program, a government spokeswoman said on Friday, after coronavirus outbreaks on Ontario farms sickened hundreds and led Mexico to demand assurances of proper safeguards. As part of the review, surprise inspections of working and living conditions on farms will […]

Mexico to stop sending workers to Canadian farms hit by COVID-19

Jun. 16, 2020 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

COVID-19 cases, deaths lead Ontario to test migrant farm workers

Jun. 9, 2020 at 8:32 pm CDT

By Allison Martell Kelsey Johnson

Farm workers cram daily into U.S.-Mexico border tunnel

May. 28, 2020 at 3:24 pm CDT

By Laura Gottesdiener

President’s cattle call finds expected marks in U.S.

May. 21, 2020 at 4:55 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Trump floats halt to U.S. cattle imports as pandemic hurts ranchers

May. 19, 2020 at 12:58 pm CDT

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should consider terminating trade deals under which it imports cattle as he looks to help U.S. ranchers hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. The United States imports cattle from Mexico and Canada to supplement domestic supplies […]

By Steve Holland Tom Polansek

More Mexican beef headed to U.S. dinner tables as supply crunch bites

May. 13, 2020 at 11:37 pm CDT

Mexico City/Chicago | Reuters — More Mexican steaks and other beef cuts are headed north of the border after the coronavirus outbreak has hobbled U.S. meat processing plants, potentially offsetting fears of shortages affecting businesses from fast-food chains to grocery stores but angering U.S. ranchers. The Mexican industry chalks up […]

By David Alire Garcia P.J. Huffstutter

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea acreage expected lower

Apr. 30, 2020 at 8:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — High global prices in the 2017-18 marketing year caused a global spike in chickpea production in 2018. It’s since taken a while for consumers to “chew through supplies,” which has put pressure on prices, according to Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodities. In a kabuli chickpea global outlook webinar […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

CUSMA pact to take effect July 1, USTR says

Apr. 26, 2020 at 12:08 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement will take effect on July 1, a month later than initially proposed. In a statement, Lighthizer said both Mexico and Canada had taken measures necessary to comply with […]