{"id":5204,"date":"2017-11-06T16:55:20","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T16:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/chinese-corn-sorghum-and-ddgs-team-investigates-u-s-production-and-quality\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T02:36:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T02:36:50","slug":"chinese-corn-sorghum-and-ddgs-team-investigates-u-s-production-and-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/chinese-corn-sorghum-and-ddgs-team-investigates-u-s-production-and-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Corn, Sorghum And DDGS Team Investigates U.S. Production And Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of Chinese buyers of corn, sorghum and distiller\u2019s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) traveled to the United States last month to investigate crop production and quality as well as gain a better understanding of U.S. feed grains and co-products as a valuable feed ingredient.<\/p>\n

A team of Chinese buyers of corn, sorghum and distiller\u2019s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) traveled to the United States last month to investigate crop production and quality as well as gain a better understanding of U.S. feed grains and co-products as a valuable feed ingredient.<\/p>\n

The team, organized by the U.S. Grains Council (USGC), traveled from Iowa to Kansas, ending travels in New Orleans, Louisiana. The tour encompassed the entirety of the U.S. marketing system from\u00a0farms\u00a0to export facilities, including visits to corn and sorghum operations, ethanol plants, country elevators, container trans-loading facilities and export terminals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis team marks the first time in a few years we have brought a buying team to major corn producing areas,\u201d said Bryan Lohmar, USGC director in China. \u201cTeams like these allow participants to see for themselves the efficiency of the logistics and marketing system in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chinese team also met with U.S. trading companies and trained for two days at the IGP Institute on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. The\u00a0China Contracting Workshop<\/a>\u00a0focused on the U.S. grain production and marketing system, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grain standards, U.S. export grain inspections as well as contracting methods and vessel- and container-loading systems.<\/p>\n

China is an important market for U.S. feed grains, albeit a complex environment. The country was the top importer of U.S. sorghum in the 2016\/2017 marketing year at 4.8 million metric tons (189 million bushels). China also purchased 807,000 metric tons (31.8 million bushels) of U.S. corn in 2016\/2017, a 151 percent increase year-over-year, which follows Chinese\u00a0changes\u00a0<\/a>to domestic corn policies.<\/p>\n

In January 2017, the Chinese government started enforcing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on U.S. DDGS. Despite the subsequent decline in purchases, China remained the fifth largest market for U.S. DDGS for the 2016\/2017 marketing year, purchasing 739,000 metric tons total.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team was very glad to see the good quality corn and sorghum crops this year,\u201d said Yantian Zeng, USGC program manager in China who also traveled with the team. \u201cParticipants were very optimistic about sourcing more corn from the United States this year and in future years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about the team\u2019s tour of Kansas\u00a0here
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