Please join the U.S. Grains Council in welcoming its newest member Perdue Farms Inc.

Perdue Farms is the family-owned parent company of Perdue Foods and Perdue AgriBusiness. Formed in 2010, Perdue AgriBusiness is the international marketing arm of the company. They use their expertise and resources in grain merchandising, storage and transportation, combined with their global experience and relationships, to export and import corn, barley, soy meal and oil and other agricultural commodities.

Perdue operate their own deep-water port in Chesapeake, Va., to access markets in Europe, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, sub-Sahara Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. On average, they load 120 vessels and more than 16,000 containers a year.