In support of its 2024/2025 Corn Harvest Quality Report, released last month, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) is conducting a series of promotional programs to present data from the study to international buyers and end-users and inform them about the quality of the 2024/2025 U.S. corn crop.
The Council is holding in-person and virtual events in India, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Mexico, Southeast Asia and Taiwan across the month of January, allowing global agricultural stakeholders to start the year equipped with the latest information on U.S corn quality.
“Transparency is a vital part of any relationship, and that includes business and trade,” said Verity Ulibarri, USGC chairwoman. “This report provides clear and honest data to international buyers to highlight the quality of U.S. corn and how it can make a difference to end-users everywhere.”
The 2024/2025 Corn Harvest Quality Report is the 14th annual study sponsored by the Council and shows U.S. corn experienced limited stress throughout its development due to favorable growing season conditions. Those factors contributed to the highest projected average yield on record and promoted good grain quality and relatively warm, dry conditions during September and October permitted an effective dry-down and timely harvest.
The average aggregate quality of the representative samples tested was better than the grade factor requirements for U.S. No. 1 grade. The report also showed 89.2% of the samples met the grade factor requirements for U.S. No. 1 grade, and 96.2% met the grade factor requirements for U.S. No. 2.
Relative to each quality factor’s average from the previous five crops, the 2024 U.S. corn crop boasts higher test weight, lower broken corn and foreign material (BCFM), lower total damage and lower moisture. The crop also had the highest 100-kernel weight in the history of the report and tied for the highest kernel volume, indicative of the near-ideal growing season.
“These rollout events communicate to buyers that they can trust U.S. producers and the Council is a reliable partner to facilitate trade in international markets,” Ulibarri said. “International customers recognize and appreciate the commitment made by U.S. farmers to produce the highest quality crops and the Council’s efforts to offer precise data so they can understand the product before they buy it.”
Read the 2024/2025 Corn Harvest Quality Report here.
About The U.S. Grains Council
The U.S. Grains Council develops export markets for U.S. barley, corn, sorghum and related products including distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and ethanol. With full-time presence in 28 locations, the Council operates programs in more than 50 countries and the European Union. The Council believes exports are vital to global economic development and to U.S. agriculture’s profitability. Detailed information about the Council and its programs is online at www.grains.org.