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Egyptian Feed Buyers Learn From Nebraska Farmers

Cheryl Anderson
By  Cheryl Anderson , DTN Staff Reporter

The U.S. Grains Council recently escorted a team of feed buyers that toured Nebraska and talked with Nebraska farmers, according to an article on the Council's website (http://bit.ly/…).

In 2013, Egypt rebounded as a major market for imports of U.S. corn and corn co-products, such as dried distillers grains with solubles and corn gluten meal.

According to the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, Egypt imported a total of 97,295 million metric tons of DDGS at a value of about $29 million in 2012. By 2013, Egypt's DDGS imports grew to nearly 114,000 mmt at a value of about $37 million.

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Egypt's imports continue to grow. Between January and September 2013, Egypt purchased more than 97,000 mmt tons of DDGS at a value of about $32 million. During the same time period in 2014, those numbers grew to nearly 140,000 mmt of DDGS at a value of about $38 million.

The Egyptian team had the opportunity to learn information about U.S. corn and corn co-products by talking directly with Nebraska producers.

USGC Regional Director of the Middle East and Africa Cary Sifferath said, "Those types of questions and answers between the large buyers in Egypt and the U.S. corn producers are really key to being able to sell U.S. feed grains to Egypt."

The Council plans to continue its efforts to expand Egypt's demand for U.S. corn and corn co-products this year, as well as in the future.

Cheryl Anderson can be reached at Cheryl.anderson@dtn.com.

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