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미국 곡물 수출 수요 2017년 상반기 상당히 늘어날 전망
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2017-03-31 14:37:26
- 미국 농무부는 최근 보고서를 통해 2017년에 곡물 수출 운송 수요가 상당히 늘고 있다고 밝혔다. 적어도 상반기까지는 이와 같은 상황이 지속될 것으로 보고 있다.미국 농무부의 3월 세계 곡물 수급 전망 보고서에서 올해 기록적인 곡물 생산량을 예상했다. 미국 농무부는 2016년 12월까지의 곡물 재고량이 그 전년보다 10% 이상 많았다고 발표한 바 있다.미농무부 보고서에 따르면 미 선적 곡물 수출 물량이 작년 동기 수준 이상인 것으로 나타났다.올해 초 자료에 따르면 곡물 수출 수요가 크게 늘었다.3월 11일 현재 마시시피 하류로 움직이는 바지선 물동량은 작년 이 때보다 34% 증가했다.지난 2월 미시시피 강에서 주요 곡물 바지선 물동량은 2013년 이후 가장 높은 수준을 기록했다. 3월 9일 현재 북서부에서의 곡물 선적 물량은 2016년 대비 두배로 늘었으며 걸프 지역에서는 작년 대비 23% 늘었다. 달러화 강세와 예기치 못한 상황에도 불구하고 201…
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Shareables: Where In The World Are Your Grains Going?
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2017-02-09 16:09:04
- U.S. feed grains saw a near-record level of exports in the 2015/2016 marketing year - a story that's critical to tell in farm country and easier to communicate with a new set of infographics available from the U.S. Grains Council (USGC).In the last corn marketing year, which ran from September 2015 to August 2016, the top overseas customers of U.S. corn were Mexico, Japan, Colombia, South Korea and Peru, respectively. In the previous marketing year, Japan was the top U.S. corn …
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USGC Mission Shares Corn Quality Data With Taiwanese Customers
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2017-02-09 16:07:27
- Farmer and staff representatives of the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recently traveled to Taiwan to support the organization's local office in presenting the results of the 2016/2017 Corn Harvest Report to customers in this important U.S. corn market.Clover Chang, director of the USGC Taiwan office, hosted a conference for corn buyers from across Taiwan as a part of a series of rollout events scheduled by the Council to present the new quality report information.Doug Albin, Minnesota C…
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Talking Trade: Trade Has Served the United States Well
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2017-02-09 16:06:19
- By the Numbers • $1.5 trillion: Increase in real incomes due to liberalizing trade efforts since World War II (Peterson Economics)• $82 billion: Annual economic output in 2014 due to exports of feed grains and grain products (Informa Economics)• 371,536: Number of full-time equivalent jobs linked directly or indirectly to grain and grain product exports in 2014 (Informa Economics)With trade suddenly a hot topic among Americans who usually may not question where their consumer goods come fro…
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A Look Forward: USGC Sets A Busy Agenda For Tanzania Program In 2017
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2017-01-31 18:35:31
- As the initial grant funding period for the U.S. Grains Council's (USGC) Food for Progress program in Tanzania approaches completion at the end of this year, the Council is looking ahead to an intensive and constructive 2017 program meant to ensure its ongoing success.The Tanzania project launched in 2014 with the goals of promoting quality feed formulations for poultry; developing self-sufficient industry associations for poultry producers and feed manufacturers; and improving local broiler …
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Officers Mission To South Korea, Japan Focuses On Corn Quality
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2017-01-31 18:30:11
- Farmer leaders and key staff from the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) traveled to South Korea and Japan last week to participate in the rollout of the Council's 2016/2017 corn harvest quality report.Participating in the mission included:Jim Stitzlein, Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., and the Council's secretary/treasurer;Alan Tiemann, Nebraska Corn Board and the Council's past chairman;Mark Seastrand, North Dakota Barley Council and the Council's Barley Sector director;Dick Gallagher, di…
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