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Zennoh is the marketing and supply arm of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives Group (JA), that allows participants to immediately understand the deep connection between the U.S. and Japanese agricultural industries.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, the group attended a river boat tour organized by Blue Water Shipping Company to see how U.S. feed grains travel all the way from domestic farms to customers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The team then flew to Missouri to visit a corn farm owned by Missouri Corn Merchandising Council Board Member Brian Willott and tour a bioprocessing facility owned by POET, a Council member and world\u2019s largest producer of biofuels. The visits showed participants how a typical U.S. farm operates and how ethanol plants harness corn to produce ethanol and co-products like distiller\u2019s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and corn fermented protein (CFP) that can greatly enhance animal feed diets.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the group toured Melin Price Lock and Dam in Alton, IL, a pivotal point for corn, soybean and other feed grain transports on the Mississippi River. Afterwards, the team visited an ADM river terminal. 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