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Reflections: New USGC Challenges Keep Global Strategies Director Enthused
Latest NewsShultz said he likes the combination of working with USGC membership, in agriculture and with an international focus.Marking 15 years with the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), Kurt Shultz said...
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Corn Quality Information Shared Around the Globe to Build Ties With Customers
Latest NewsThis week, the Council also wrapped up its rollout of the report in Colombia.In cooperation with the Taiwan Feed Industry Association (TFIA), the Council conducted a Corn Harvest Quality...
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Reaching Through Politics to Serve a Growing Importer
Word from the Ground Two weeks ago, an otherwise ordinary trade servicing visit planned to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia took one of those unexpected turns.By: Cary Sifferath, Regional Director for...
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U.S. Corn: A Valuable Commodity In the Middle East, North Africa Region
Latest NewsWell into the 2014/2015 marketing year, customers are still finding strong value in purchasing from the United States, with a high-quality and competitively-priced crop attracting attention...
View ArticleAudio: USGC Director Provides Outlook for Programs, Demand in the Middle East
Latest NewsThe Middle East and North Africa region experienced a large increase in demand for U.S corn last marking year, importing 1,200 percent more than the 2012/2013 marketing year. This marketing...
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Promoting the U.S. Brand to Saudi Grain Buyers and End-Users
Word from the GroundBy: Cary Sifferath, Senior Director of Global Programs, U.S. Grains Council The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recently hosted in the U.S. Midwest a trade team from Saudi Arabia made...
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USGC Engages Algerian Buyers on Corn, DDGS
Latest NewsThe U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recently reached out to Algerian buyers at a conference in Algiers focused on corn and distiller’s dried grain with solubles (DDGS) that was designed to...
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Photo Essay: Up-And-Coming MENA Managers See U.S. Crop Production
Latest NewsAhmed Abdelrahim, Al Monairy for Corn Products in Egypt learn firsthand about U.S. corn production at Dwight Mork’s corn farm in Minnesota. Nesrine Rekik Zayani learns about long-term...
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USGC Continues U.S. DDGS Promotion in Middle East, North Africa Region
Latest NewsThe U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) outreach program in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) promoting U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) continued last month with feed...
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USGC Signs Administrative MOU To Help Expand Capacity In Morocco
Word from the GroundBy: Hesham Hassanein, U.S. Grains Council Regional Director for the Middle East and AfricaThe U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the National Poultry Federation in Morocco (FISA) signed...
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USGC Launches Aqua DDGS Promotion Program In Egypt
Latest NewsU.S. Grains Council (USGC) staff and consultants conducted a program in Egypt this week to promote distiller’s dried grain with solubles (DDGS) in aqua rations. This program was done in...
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Can You Wake Me Up At 5?
Word from the GroundBy: Luis Bustamante, U.S. Grains Council Marketing Specialist for the Western HemisphereSomething many thought was unthinkable happened this April when the U.S. Grains Council...
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Global Grain Conference Offers Opportunity To Build Ties In Middle East,...
Latest NewsThe Middle East and North Africa region is geographically closer to a competitor country, Ukraine, and as such, requires consistent attention to have U.S. corn and co-products, such as...
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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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...
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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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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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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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USGC Continues U.S. DDGS Promotion in Middle East, North Africa Region
Latest NewsThe U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) outreach program in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) promoting U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) continued last month with feed...
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USGC Signs Administrative MOU To Help Expand Capacity In Morocco
Word from the GroundBy: Hesham Hassanein, U.S. Grains Council Regional Director for the Middle East and AfricaThe U.S. Grains Council (USGC) and the National Poultry Federation in Morocco (FISA) signed...
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