The growing population and protein consumption in Mexico is driving the increased demand for soybeans and meal from the United States. Valdemar De La Garza is a marketing consultant with Agromercados De La Garza. He says Mexico imports 90-percent of their soybean and meal needs and the majority comes from the U.S.

He says the livestock industry in Mexico is rapidly expanding and very progressive.

And he says the livestock sector is vertically integrated from feed milling to production to processing and even retail, with very few smaller producers.