Overview

• Organizers say field work will pause in at least five municipalities as producers press for better buying conditions.
• In Jiquilpan, maize growers scheduled an 8 a.m. march, while in Morelia farmers of maize, tomato and onion planned to march from the Lázaro Cárdenas monument to the state government palace at the same hour.
• In Apatzingán and Buenavista, lime producers announced caravans from the Tianguis Limonero to their municipal seats, and in Uruapan avocado growers prepared early-morning mobilizations.
• Lime growers in the Apatzingán region set an 11 a.m. vehicle caravan toward the Lázaro Cárdenas monument to demand a farm development bank with preferential credit and simpler procedures to regularize water concessions.
• Protest leaders propose cutting limes only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays across the Apatzingán Valley to reduce oversupply, citing weak sales at the Tianguis Limonero the previous day.