Click here for the audio.<\/a><\/p>\n“Overall, corn trade in the 2015\/2016 marketing was about a 2 percent increase and, in my region, the increase was about 6 percent. Mexico, Colombia and Peru remain significant markets,” Carrow said, noting additional opportunities in Central American markets.<\/p>\n
She highlighted several of the programs the Council runs to help spur those markets to import more corn, including the recent Export Exchange conference and networking event.<\/p>\n
“These types of conferences where we are able to put together buyer and seller are essential to U.S. grain trade,” she said.<\/p>\n
Carrow also discussed the importance of reaching out to trade schools.<\/p>\n
“The trade schools are an exciting way to reach out to customers to provide them the tools they need to make educated, informed decisions,” she said. “It shows that we are committed to their business. It shows that we are committed to their development and their market.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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