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Mexico Bans American Corn

September 27, 2024
Mexico has elote of explaining to do with their latest corn ban.
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Mexico just canceled us corn.
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Well, you know GMO s right.
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Genetically modified organisms. Oh,
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I thought, I thought it was genetically modified organics,
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organisms. Organism. Dear God.
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Yeah. So it's genetically built into all of our foods and
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these output and reduce costs.
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Many worry about the impact on food,
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local producers and the health of our big bags.
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Ah, ok. I see that.
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So in 2020 Mexico's President Lopez Obrador signed a decree banning GMO
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corn and glyphosphate for use in food by 2024 per Mexico
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Heavy relies on corn from the US import.
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So the ban has been delayed and modified now it's mostly affecting
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corn use for human food,
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not corn for animal feed or industrial use.
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This is a lot to digest.
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You know, corn is very hard to digest.
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Yeah. When you poop it,
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it still comes out in the poop.
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Right. Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah. But this is good for Mexican farmers who can start
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making money, which is,
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which is nice. I mean,
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it's kind of like,
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you know, hey,
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you like not following the rules,
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we're going to use our own corn.
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So I bet the corn is better over there anyways.
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Yeah, ma organic,
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right. Without it.
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But yeah, the US continuing its fight against Mexico's proposed ban
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which could significantly impact American corn exports.
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And Uncle Sam argues that Mexico's stance lacks scientific evidence,
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pointing out that GMO,
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corn has been deemed safe for consumption.
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I don't know. I mean,
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the genetically modified organisms,
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I wouldn't want that in my body just saying,
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but just because it's safe doesn't mean it's healthy for you.
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Right, brother. I mean,
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yeah, I think it's kind of like diet coke,
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you know, and it was just a bad comparison but,
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you know, some stuff is ok or too much of something
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is bad. But Merida,
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maybe that's ok. I don't know.
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But, yeah, I mean,
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the beef continues and you will hopefully be figured out later this
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year. Well, it seems like they have a lot of
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problems to figure out.
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Ok. Having too much trouble with this.
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Oh, that was cheesy coy.
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Get out of here.
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Get out of here.
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We're done. Ok.
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Fine. All right.
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