May 9, 2014
BY U.S. Grains Council
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U.S. Grains Council Vice President Cary Sifferath recently traveled to Mexico City to join USGC Director in Mexico Heidi Bringenberg at a USDA roundtable event on transportation logistics between the U.S. and Mexico.
The U.S. exported 184.67 million gallons of ethanol and 918,108 metric tons of distillers grains in May, according to data released by the USDA on July 3. Exports of both products were up when compared to the previous month.
The USGC has added Sarah McLeeson as its new trade policy coordinator. McLeeson will organize staff and member travel, make arrangements for visiting trade teams and facilitate program planning and execution.
In June, the USGC held its third African Buyers and Sellers Conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, bringing together more than 95 attendees from across the continent to meet with U.S. feed grain suppliers and establish trade relationships.
The USDA recently released its Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report for June, reporting that corn use for fuel ethanol in April was down when compared to the previous month, but up when compared to April of last year.