The U.S. Grains Council is working with USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, Growth Energy and the Renewable Fuels Association to assess how best to promote ethanol exports during market development programs overseas.

Earlier this year, USDA announced ethanol could be marketed under Market Access Program funding.

USGC Manager of Ethanol Export Programs Ashley Kongs recently spoke about the Council’s work to assess new markets for ethanol in an audio interview.

“We’ve been working in a steering committee to develop ethanol export programs for the 2014/2015 fiscal year,” Kongs said. “Since March we’ve been working to determine which markets we are going to do market assessments in. Next year we will shift into doing market development activities in key markets.”

Click here to hear more about three regional market assessment programs the Council is planning.