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USSEC Conducts Technical Seminar in Russia

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USSEC conducted a technical seminar for the staff of key Russian customer Sodrugestvo on December 5 and 6 in an effort to strengthen relationships and demonstrate its commitment. The Sodrugestvo group, based in the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation, is one of the largest European soy crushing facilities.
USSEC Animal Utilization consultant Dr. Gonzalo Mateos and local consultant Dr. Maria Domoroshchenkova provided two days of technical training for specialists and sales managers from Sodrugestvo’s soybean crushing plants, soy protein concentrate plant, and trade department. About 75 people attended the seminar.
Topics covered these areas of interest: an overview of global and Russian soy markets; modern technologies of soybean processing; antinutritional factors; Russian and international standards for soybean meal; soybean meal versus other protein sources; evaluation of energy and protein quality of soybean meal; soybean origin and soybean meal quality; soy products in animal feeding; energy and amino acid content of soybean meal according to different sources and tables; and an update on the GMO situation.

USSEC consultants pose with attendees of the seminar at Sodrugestvo
USSEC consultants pose with attendees of the seminar at Sodrugestvo

Soybean consumption in Russia could be increased through an increase of inclusion rates of soy proteins in local feed formulations. The education of local customers on the nutritional benefits of soybean meal and soy protein concentrate (SPC) versus other protein sources and on feasibility of usage of soybean meal and other soy additives in poultry, animal, and aqua diets is vitally important for development of the soy market in Russia.
Sodrugestvo has the largest soybean crushing facilities in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The company started its first crushing plant in 2007 and followed up with facility expansion. Today, Sodrugestvo could crush up to 7,000 metric tons (MT) of soybeans and 1,100 MT of rapeseed per day at the Kaliningrad site. The company manufactures a wide range of soy products including soybean meal, soybean oil, white flakes, SPC, soy lecithin, pelletized soy hulls. The deep-water terminal enables vessel acceptance on pier with capacity up to 30,000 to 50,000 MT.
In FY16, Russia has purchased around 486 thousand metric tons (TMT) of U.S. soybeans. Perdue Inc. is one of the leading suppliers of soybeans to Sodrugestvo. Chicago & Illinois River Marketing and LD Commodities were among other U.S. sellers to Russia this year.
Although short-term soybean market dynamics are disturbed by a temporary U.S. soybean import suspension and trading down impact, middle term and long-term fundamentals remain positive for Russia. This is expected to potentially increase the current usage of soy by the local poultry and swine production industries, development of aquaculture production, and by a growth of soybean crushing capacities of local oil mills.

Dr. Gonzalo Mateos’s presentations were highly interesting to the Russian customers
Dr. Gonzalo Mateos’s presentations were highly interesting to the Russian customers
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The seminar was organized at the conference hall of Sodrugestvo facility