Mexico’s environmental protection agency has temporarily shuttered a 363-acre property in Tekax after allegedly discovering the illegal clearing of native forest intended for use as a Mennonite farm. The Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) conducted an inspection on August 13 in a Tekax ejido called Mesatunich. Investigators found that 147 hectares (363 acres) of…
Yucatán’s status as one of Mexico’s large pork producers employs thousands across the state. But this is not without its problems. According to a recent report issued by Mexico’s federal government, a great many of these pig farms do not meet even the most minimal environmental standards. On the Peninsula, 85% of the 257 registered…
The recognition comes as Homún continues to fight against pig farms which locals say produce dangerous levels of pollutants that seep into their groundwater.
Merida, Yucatan — The Ministry of Rural Development (Seder) invested 36 million pesos for the benefit of small farmers, reported agency chief Jorge Díaz Loeza. Most of the funding, 28.2 million pesos, is from the federal government. He pointed out that 87 percent of all beneficiaries received this support for the first time under the new…
Hoctun Yucatan — Agricultural workers blocked the Merida-Cancun highway for an hour Thursday morning in an annual general protest. The demonstrators, members of the Authentic Front of the Field (Frente Auténtico del Campo), frustrated drivers, whose cars and trucks were backed up for miles. Others from the same organization protested in Mexico City outside the…
Compounded by the heat, the drought in Yucatan has been devastating to farmers.
Candelaria, Campeche — Noting that Mexico consumes more of the product than it grows, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed to restore rice production in Campeche. The president’s visit to Candelaria, on the Guatemalan border, focused on agrarian issues. He also announced livestock credits, of allowing the farmers to purchase heifers and stallions on an…
The state coordination of Civil Protection in Yucatan (Procivy) is gearing up for fire season.
Fruit and timber trees will be planted on nearly 1.5 million acres in Mexico’s south. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s ambitious forestry program, announced Friday, also includes cacao and coffee crops, starting in Veracruz. If successful, the plan will reverse Mexico’s position as a net importer of cacao, the basis of chocolate. Other countries far…
That means Persian limes from Yucatan would be labeled as specifically Yucatan Persian limes, the way Florida oranges are marketed.
The Milpa Maya is in the process of being recognized as a world agricultural heritage concept.
Locust return with intensity every four years. This is one of those years.
The lawyer of the human rights group Indignación and a representative of the inhabitants of Homún, Lourdes Guadalupe Medina Carrillo told reporters that they are willing take their fight against a pig farm to the world stage.
A district court judge has declared that complaints about a large pig farm in Homún are unfounded.
The planned pig farm in the cenote-rich village of Homún will not be allowed to operate without its own wastewater treatment plant.
The federal government has revoked Monsanto’s permit to commercialize genetically modified soy in seven states, including Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo.
Sandwiched between farms in Campeche and Quintana Roo that illegally grow transgenic soybeans, Yucatán state struggles to eradicate genetically manipulated seeds, complains a state official.
A deadly salmonella outbreak in the U.S. has been traced to a single farm in Tenabo, Campeche.
Federal authorities anticipated an impressive citrus harvest of more than 300,000 tons, thanks to plentiful rainfall.
The National Water Commission (Conagua) is fixing and building drains in southern Yucatán, spending millions to proactively save crops from flooding.
The milpa — a farming system that has been used for more than 3,000 years — can be key to coping with climate change, says Dr. Eduardo Batllori Sampedro.
Climate change is forcing Mayan farmers to reconsider age-tested techniques. And one local farmer thinks he has found something that works with less predictable rainfall.
An ancient Maya farming practice that would seem to be destructive is actually beneficial to the bee population, reports Science Daily.
At least 45 tons of pitaya — dragon fruit, to some people — will be shipped from Yucatan to the Asian market this year, state agriculture officials said.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now