Overview

• The state government has disbursed 98 percent of a federal extraordinary subsidy of 750 pesos per ton to maize farmers and is finalizing the remaining payments.
• A producers’ commission led by Baltazar Valdez Armentía and Emma Aída Espinoza is scheduled to meet Subsecretary César Yáñez in Mexico City on July 31 to present their demands directly.
• Authorities are crafting a localized commercialization scheme to reduce reliance on international commodity exchanges such as the Chicago Board of Trade.
• Producers lifted a sit-in at the Culiacán Government Palace after securing commitments on support payments and federal dialogue.
• State and federal officials plan to establish a fair-pricing framework to ensure long-term market stability for Sinaloa’s maize sector.