Agriculture Secretary Julio Berdegué announced a price of 6,050 pesos per ton for white corn in Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Michoacán. This agreement, reached through dialogue tables with producers and state governments, includes credit at 8.5% interest and agricultural insurance. However, some farmers express dissatisfaction, arguing it does not cover their production costs plus adequate profitability.
On Monday, October 27, 2025, Agriculture and Rural Development Secretary Julio Berdegué Sacristán announced an agreement to stabilize the white corn market in the Bajío region. Following a second working meeting at the Secretariat of Government with local producers' directorates and authorities from Guanajuato, Jalisco, and Michoacán, a guaranteed price of 6,050 pesos per ton was set. This amount is 25% above the international reference price for corn delivered to central Mexico, as explained by Berdegué in a social media message and on the agency's website.
The package also includes a credit scheme for producers at an annual interest rate of 8.5%, supplemented by agricultural insurance to mitigate climate and market risks. Registration windows will open shortly, and state governments will publish their operational mechanisms to support the agreed price. Berdegué emphasized openness to ongoing dialogue: "We reiterate our willingness to dialogue. This is a measure built with state governments and the productive sector".
However, not all farmers are satisfied. Heraclio Rodríguez Gómez, leader of the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside, told Milenio that producers demanded payment of production costs plus 30% profitability. They also called for fair prices for their harvests and the exclusion of grains from the Mexico-United States-Canada Agreement (T-MEC). This subsidy focuses on white corn, though similar support was mentioned for beans due to international price imbalances.
