Tijuana, May 10.- Secretary of the Interior Adán Augusto López reported yesterday that the federal government "cannot" raise the guaranteed price of wheat as producers in the Mexicali Valley are seeking because "there are no resources."
The proposal made during a meeting to those who took over the civic center in the state capital demanding a higher guaranteed price for wheat was that the price could be improved "through support coverage from the state government and municipalities." "It won't come close to the guaranteed price, which doesn't exist for durum wheat," he explained.
For corn farmers, who in Sinaloa have also protested the guaranteed prices, the head of the Interior Ministry reported that producers with less than 10 hectares "will be purchased one million tons, which is practically their production, at the current guaranteed price" and that there will be no increase as they demand because there are no federal resources to do sdo
Adán Augusto López spent all day yesterday on tour in Baja California. He started early in Mexicali, then headed to Ensenada, and wrapped up in Tijuana in the afternoon.
