{"id":3480,"date":"2014-10-30T13:37:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T13:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/expanding-u-s-sorghum-sales-in-an-established-top-market\/"},"modified":"2014-10-30T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T13:37:47","slug":"expanding-u-s-sorghum-sales-in-an-established-top-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/expanding-u-s-sorghum-sales-in-an-established-top-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding U.S. Sorghum Sales in An Established Top Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its proximity to the United States and ability to receive grain by truck, rail and vessel has helped Mexico be a top customer for U.S. sorghum for years. In the 2013\/2014 marketing year, Mexico was the third largest market of U.S. sorghum and the United States, especially Texas, continues to be the best option to meet the country\u2019s sorghum demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexican buyers appreciate the quality and reliability of U.S. sorghum,\u201d said Javier Chavez, U.S. Grains Council marketing specialist in Mexico. \u201cAnd U.S. producers haven\u2019t forgotten their southern market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the Council\u2019s biennial Export Exchange 2014, a group of Mexican buyers escorted by the Council visited Texas to see what is being done to maintain high-quality, abundant and readily available supplies of U.S. sorghum.<\/p>\n<p>The team traveled to the United States Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) Agriculture Research Service Station in Lubbock, Texas, where they learned about new developments in sorghum varieties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was impressive to see how yields increased with these new genetics,\u201d said Humberto Mayorga, president of ALPURA, one of the largest dairy producers in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The team also toured a U.S. ethanol plant, a modern dairy, a seed processing plant and United Ag Coop, which serves producers along the Gulf Coast of Texas. 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