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USSEC and the U.S. Grains Council recently organized the 6th Asia Grain Transportation Conference in Singapore

USSEC and the U.S. Grains Council recently organized the 6th Asia Grain Transportation Conference in Singapore, which generated trade commitments of more than $100 million in U.S. agricultural products. Conference…

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Leaders representing USSEC, the United Soybean Board (USB), and the American Soybean Association (ASA) recently attended the China-U.S. Food Security, Food Safety and Sustainable Agriculture Development seminar in Beijing. The…

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USSEC recently conducted a seminar in Davao, Phillippines focused on milkfish cage culture and pond feed-based culture. More than 30 members of the Panacan Scrap and Recycle Consumer Cooperative (PARECCO…

Chairman's Report

Dear Friends, Mark Twain said, "In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours." This year there certainly have…

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The U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, or Colombia TPA, took effect on May 15, 2012. The TPA grants U.S. agriculture exporters duty-free access to more than half of the products currently…

Soy in Aquaculture Efforts Increase Sustainability and Profitability of Fastest Growing Animal Ag Sector

The U.S. soybean check-off program helped create a market for over 180 million bushels of soybean meal over the past decade and a half through the development, field testing and…

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A group of USSEC technical consultants recently escorted Asian sea bass farmers and stakeholders to Thailand to visit three fish farms where they learned about the local aquaculture industry. The…

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USSEC recently escorted two groups of USDA officials to the Industrializadora de Mantecas (IMASA) plant. The tours highlighted the working relationship between USSEC and its key customers, as well as…

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USSEC recently hosted members of a U.S. Department of Agriculture agribusiness trade mission in Shanghai, China. Michael Scuse, Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service (FFAS), led the…

U.S. Soy Naturally Sustainable

ST. LOUIS (April 23, 2012) – The United Soybean Board (USB) and soy checkoff have begun leading an effort to demonstrate the high sustainability performance of U.S. soy to customers…