{"id":3473,"date":"2014-10-30T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T13:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/ecuadorian-buyer-explains-export-exchange-2014s-impact\/"},"modified":"2014-10-30T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T13:37:47","slug":"ecuadorian-buyer-explains-export-exchange-2014s-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/ecuadorian-buyer-explains-export-exchange-2014s-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuadorian Buyer Explains Export Exchange 2014\u2019s Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the establishment of a regional office in Panama four years ago, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) has been implementing technical activities to promote corn co-products in Ecuador, resulting in several major feed companies using or running trials with distiller\u2019s dried grains with solubles (DDGS).<\/p>\n

The feed industry in Ecuador faces difficulties due to high raw material costs, which must be overcome by seeking competitive prices and the use of alternative feed ingredients such as DDGS.<\/p>\n

Before Export Exchange 2014, six Latin America feed industry executives traveled to the United States to establish face-to-face conversations with U.S. producers and traders to learn firsthand what to expect when importing from the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe now in the usage of U.S. grains into our country because of how the United States manages quality,\u201d said Edisson Garz\u00f3n, CEO of BioAlimentar. \u201cThis was a great program where I learned a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

A short video update from Garz\u00f3n is available here.<\/p>\n