U.S. Grains Council

According to a new study, spending on overseas market development for U.S. feed grains and related products increased the value of those exports by an average of $1.71 billion per year from 2010 to 2014.  The U.S. Grains Council says spending on market development also increased U.S. gross ...

Free trade is vital to the development of new markets for farmers products.  Developing those markets starts with sound trade policy between trading partners.  In our final segment of our ongoing series focused on trade and the U.S. Grains C...

In Part Two of our series focused on trade and the U.S. Grains Council.  USDA figures show that last year, the top ten export markets for U.S. coarse grains, co-products, ethanol and meat products were worth more than $7 billion.  Floyd Gaibler, director of trade policy with USGC, is a veteran trade policy expert.  He said ...

Farmers are working in a global market, and foreign policy impacts trade policy.  U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Tom Sleight said farmers need to track what’s going on around the world.   “Every single day from a missile landing in the Sea of Japan, to what’s happening with political stability in Brazil.  All of these things you k...