Exports are a growing opportunity. 

 

Making export growth a priority extends to the locks and dams priority (we need adequate infrastructure to move grain) and the ethanol priority (ethanol exports is a growing market). "Exports" is the place where many of our programs overlap.

 

IL Corn works with several important partners to accomplish our international export goals, including:

The Illinois corn checkoff increased their investment in the U.S. Meat Export Federation in 2021. That investment is starting to pay off.

Beef and pork export volumes and values are increasing, allowing livestock farmers in the U.S. to grow more livestock and feed more corn. In 2020, beef and pork exports used 530.5 million bushels of corn. At an average annual price of $3.52/bushel, beef and pork exports accounted for $1.87 billion in market value to the corn industry.

TRADE AGREEMENT WITH PERU HUGE SUCCESS FOR AGRICULTURE

Lindsay Mitchell

April 24th, 2017  |  Today's News |  Exports

Your corn association continually advocates for trade agreements that will make using the high-quality corn you’re growing easier for international buyers.  And with good reason if the recently...

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AG TRADE DURING FIRST HALF OF FISCAL YEAR IS UP

Tricia Braid

April 14th, 2017  |  Today's News |  Exports

Although seasonal ag export trade is down for the last couple months in total, ag trade for the first five months of the fiscal year, that’s October through February, is up. The numbers show that...

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U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL CONFIRMS HIGH QUALITY OF 2016 U.S. CORN

Lindsay Mitchell

April 10th, 2017  |  Today's News |  Exports |  Additional Research

The 2016/2017 corn export quality report found the average aggregate quality of the corn assembled for export early in the marketing year was better than or equal to U.S. No. 2 on all grade...

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U.S. CORN FEEDING MALAYSIAN CHICKENS

Lindsay Mitchell

April 4th, 2017  |  Today's News |  Livestock |  Exports

Malaysians eat a lot of chicken - upwards of 110 pounds per year per person. More of those chickens will soon be eating U.S. corn thanks to the arrival of a 2.68-million-bushel bulk shipment last...

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