Overview
- Producers ended more than seven hours of negotiations at the Agriculture Ministry after finding no decision‑makers from the Finance and Economy ministries present.
- Movement leaders said they will restart road and border bridge blockades next week if no alternative is offered, with actions possibly running through the December holidays.
- The Frente presented a plan for minimum crop prices based on production costs with a reasonable profit, rejecting reliance on Chicago market benchmarks and opposing inclusion of basic grains in any T‑MEC review.
- Farmers also urged creation of a national development bank and universal price guarantees, and they rejected commercialization subsidies they argue mainly benefit industry.
- Sader subsecretary Leonel Cota said he could only receive their demands for other agencies to review, and producers insisted future talks include all ministries promised under the Interior Ministry’s permanent working table.