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USGC Receives USDA Grant For Feed Manufacturing Training Center In North Africa
Latest NewsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) a grant for $1.3 million for the Regional Center for Feed Manufacturing for North Africa and the Middle...
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Council Assesses Ethanol Market Potential In UAE, Pakistan
Latest NewsThe USGC recently assessed the potential of the ethanol markets in the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan. The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recently undertook a market assessment mission to the...
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USGC Rolls Out Corn Harvest Quality Information In Tunisia
Latest NewsMore than 90 feed millers, poultry and livestock producers and end-users from eight countries attended the Council’s corn quality rollout in Tunisia. More than 90 feed millers, poultry and...
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USGC Signs Memorandum Of Understanding To Establish Tunisian Center For Feed...
Latest NewsRamy Taieb, USGC regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, and Faysal Ben Jeddi, director of INAT, sign a memorandum of understanding to mark the beginning of the Center for...
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U.S. Farmers Assist With USGC Corn Quality Rollouts
Latest NewsThe Council is rolling out the latest edition of the corn harvest quality reports at events around the world in early 2018. Farmer participation in the crop quality events helps provide a...
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USGC Organizes Grain Standards Workshop In Jordan
Latest NewsThe U.S. Grains Council collaborated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA’s FAS) and the Amman Chamber of Commerce to organize a grain standards...
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USGC Adds Consultants In Middle East, North Africa Region
Council NewsLeft: Shakeb Elahi, USGC consultant in the United Arab Emirates; Right: Jad Wakileh, USGC consultant in JordanThe U.S. Grains Council (USGC) has added two new consultants in the Middle East...
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USGC Trains Next Generation Of North African Grain Importers
Latest NewsThe North Africa trade team visited a corn farm in Minnesota. Photo Credit: Minnesota CornSeeing is often believing, which is why the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) brought corn and feed grain...
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Marketing Programs Pay Off For U.S. Co-Products In Turkey
Latest NewsClick the image to view a larger version of this chart. Turkey’s imports of U.S. corn co-products surged in the 2016/2017 marketing year, a significant pay off for U.S. Grains Council (USGC)...
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New Staff Start In USGC Regional, China Offices
Council NewsCatalina CorreaMohamed Salah BouthourYantian ZengThree new representatives started work in the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC) overseas offices this month, part of the Council’s continued...
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Saudi Arabia Nearly Doubles U.S. Corn Imports In 2016/2017
Latest NewsA recent team from Saudi Arabia visited Sparky Crossman's farm in ViriginiaSaudi Arabia has nearly doubled purchased of U.S. corn this marketing year due to a combination of favorable...
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USGC Conference Connects U.S. Suppliers To Buyers In European, MENA Regions
Latest NewsU.S. Grains Council (USGC) corn and co-products conference in Rome, ItalyEnd-users in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa are purchasing increasing amounts of U.S. co-products,...
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America’s First FTA Partner, Israel, Remains Steady U.S. Customer
Latest NewsClick to view a larger version of this chart. Free trade agreements help provide market access for some of the largest purchasers of U.S. grains and for some smaller but steady buyers....
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New USGC Videos Highlight Programs, Impact On Global Trade
Latest NewsAbdellah Ait Boulahsen, USGC consultant in Morocco, discussed his efforts to be readily available to answer customers’ questions and handle issues so they can improve and expand their...
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Saudi Arabia Ramps Up U.S. DDGS Purchases
Latest NewsA recent sale of U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to Saudi Arabia is an example of an increasingly diverse number of markets interested in the feed product and the impact...
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USGC Education Mission Focuses on Growing Ireland and Israel Markets
Latest NewsGrain trade experts from the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) visited Ireland and Israel late last year to meet with customers in those markets, which have become increasingly important if...
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Taieb Named USGC Middle East and Africa Director
Council NewsThe U.S. Grains Council (USGC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ramy Taieb to the position of Middle East and Africa Director in its Tunis office.Taieb has served as the commodity...
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2016 Harvest Quality Report Rollouts Begin With North Africa Conferences
Latest NewsThe U.S. Grains Council's annual corn harvest quality report is now available to global customers, who will receive in-depth reviews of its results over the next two months at a series of...
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Chart of Note: Exports of U.S. DDGS Reach Record High in Middle East and...
Chart of NoteThis week's Chart of Note illustrates the record breaking exports of U.S. distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to the Middle East and North Africa in the 2015/2016 marketing...
View ArticleUSGC Offers Farewell To Hassanein, Continues Engagement In MEA Region
Council NewsHesham Hassanein has stepped down as the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) regional director of the Middle East and Africa, as of June 5. Despite this staff change, the Council remains...
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