U-S Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently traveled to Mexico to visit with Mexican’s new president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the bilateral trade relationship and its importance for U-S farmers and ranchers.  Vilsack says farmers have deep concerns with the Mexican president’s decree to phase out the shipment of biotechnology corn by January 2024.  Vilsack says the decree would interrupt trade, hurt farmers on both sides of the border, and increase costs for Mexican consumers.  Vilsack says “we made it abundantly clear that Mexico’s import ban would cause both massive economic loses for Mexico’s agricultural industries and citizens, as well as place an unjustified burden on U-S farmers.  The U-S Agriculture Secretary says the value of more than $63 billion dollars in the two-way trade in 2021, and is expected to be higher in 2022, would be jeopardized if Mexico proceeds with banning biotechnology corn and other products.  Vilsack says although there wasn’t a solution reached with the latest talks, he will continue to engage with Mexico on this important issue.