News Articles - Mexico
Council Ramps up DDGS Promotion Efforts in Southern Mexico
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- Category: News Room
- Published on Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:22
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U.S. Grains Council staff and consultants were in southern Mexico this week meeting with grain importers and livestock producers as part of a program to promote distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS). Despite being the second-largest importer of U.S. DDGS, importing 1.5 million metric tons in 2012, an assessment conducted in 2012 revealed that southern Mexico was an underserviced area.
Will Japan be Surpassed as Global Grain Import Leader?
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- Category: Chart of the Week
- Published on Thursday, 14 March 2013 15:46
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This week's U.S. Grains Council Chart of the Week shows import projections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (USDA ERS). Developing economies are surging demand for global grains. Japan has long held the title as the world's largest coarse grain importer, led by world class infrastructure and robust corn imports. However, with a stagnant economy and aging population, recent data suggests they may not only lose the crown, but fall to third place amongst grain importers in less than ten years. As the global middle class starts to surface, consumers with more purchasing power transition from a plant starch based diet to a more animal protein based diet. Therefore, economic growth and meat consumption are directly correlated.
Sorghum Assessment Provides Framework for Future Council Programming
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- Published on Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:33
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One of the top recommendations from a comprehensive global assessment of U.S. Grains Council sorghum export programs was to re-focus on the export potential to Mexico and Japan, where opportunities exist to further develop and tell the U.S. sorghum story.
USGC International Directors Reflect on Political Change Around the World
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- Published on Thursday, 21 February 2013 21:30
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2012 was a year of elections. In the United States, 2012 was a presidential election year, with both the White House and control of Congress at stake. But the United States was far from alone, as political contests – not all of them peaceful or democratic -- swept the world.
Corn Harvest Quality Report: High Marks from Foreign Buyers
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- Published on Thursday, 31 January 2013 21:58
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"What we heard from buyers was essentially, 'this is great information, and we want more,'" said U.S. Grains Council Chairman Don Fast. "Since the Corn Harvest Quality Report was developed to serve buyers, it's good to know that we're hitting the mark."
