The first international MAIZALL mission is heading to Asia for a week of meetings with key industry and government officials in South Korea and China.

Launched in the spring of 2013, MAIZALL is a collaboration between the U.S. Grains Council, the National Corn Growers Association, ABRAMHILO and MAIZAR, the national corn producers organizations of Brazil and Argentina. While all three countries are, and will remain, vigorous competitors, the three also share common interests in market access, transparent and efficient global trading systems, and increased global acceptance of modern agricultural technology.

“A lot of work has gone into planning and organization and now it is paying off,” said Julius Schaaf, USGC chairman and MAIZALL’s first president.

“In both Korea and China we will be meeting with the American, Brazilian and Argentine embassy, as well as with each country’s top corn importers and end-users, and key government officials. Not only will Korea and China receive America’s, Brazil’s and Argentina’s perspectives but they will also hear a common commitment to food security through trade, and regulatory systems that make that possible for a growing world.”

MAIZALL is a partnership of four organizations representing three countries. Legally incorporated in Panama, a central location, MAIZALL is designed to elevate the producer perspective from the major corn exporting countries in the ongoing, and sometimes heated, global debate about agricultural technology and trade.