Mexico will grow less corn, rice and sorghum in marketing year 2026/27 and import more corn, wheat and rice, USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service projected in Grain and Feed Update MX2026-0045, issued from Mexico City on Sept. 23, 2026. FAS blamed thin margins, high input costs and unpredictable weather, and expects U.S. suppliers to keep the lead in Mexico's grain and feed imports.

Trade summaries of the report put the 2026/27 corn crop near 24.5 MMT, almost 2% below last year. Imports would rise more than 2% to about 26.8 MMT, and total use nearly 3% to about 52.4 MMT, mostly on poultry and hog feed. In 2025/26 the U.S. supplied about 99% of Mexico's roughly 21.4 MMT of corn imports, Brazil about 1%; roughly 98% of that was yellow corn and 2% white.

FAS pointed to reliable year-round supply, quality, logistics and price as U.S. advantages. Sorghum imports are forecast down as feeders use less of it. For U.S. masa and tortilla planners this is a corn-balance read, not a white-maize price call; see our SADER and Puebla/Morelos briefs for that side.

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