USSEC Hosts Regional Roundtables in Korea to Differentiate U.S. Soybean Meal
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To differentiate U.S. soybean meal from competing soybean meals from other origins, USSEC hosted two regional roundtables in Taejon, South Korea on March 24 and 25.
The target audiences included 24 staff employees in charge of research and development, formulation, purchasing and marketing from integrators and feed mills in swine and broiler sectors near Taejon. USSEC provided information on quality-determining factors of soybean meal with a focus on amino acid and energy contents; and amino acid analysis data on soybean meals that were imported into Korea and analyzed by the Korea Feed Association (KFA). KFA’s quality analysis data and other published data indicated that U.S. soybean meal provided more amino acids than other countries’ soybean meals.
A survey given after the roundtables indicated that 96 percent of the participants regarded amino acid as one of the most important quality determining factors of soybean meal and 69 percent of the participants considered amino acid contents at soybean meal purchasing. USSEC will continue to emphasize the intrinsic value of U.S. soybean meal to the integrators and feed mills to differentiate U.S. soybean meal from other origin’s soybean meal.