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:
- US Grains Council
- National Corn Growers Association
- US Meat Export Federation
- USA Poultry and Egg Export Council
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.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS FEELING CONFIDENT ON USMCA
According to a Bloomberg news report citing Representative Steve Scalise, House Republicans had a “great meeting” with President Trump on the renegotiated NAFTA trade deal (the U.S. Mexico Canada...
More
U.S. GRAIN IN ALL FORMS EXPORTS UP 25.2 PERCENT
This article originally posted here. Shifting dynamics in world markets and continuous market development efforts resulted in growing demand for U.S. feed grains and ethanol in the first four...
More
2018 POULTRY EXPORTS AT A GLANCE
Though there is little poultry raised in Illinois, poultry is the number one user of corn within the livestock sector. Poultry exports then are also very important, as more poultry and egg...
More
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS VALUE OF AG TRADE WITH CANADA
Illinois Corn Growers Association leaders met with representatives of the Canadian Embassy recently to discuss the situation regarding U.S. ratification of the new U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement...
More
DON'T FORGET TRADE, PLEASE
In this article published by the Global Farmer Network and written by Cherilyn Nagel, a farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada, we learn more about the true cost of lost trade agreements with Canada and...
More
WHY DO ILLINOIS FARMERS NEED THE USMCA?
This is what your farmer leaders are discussing with the Illinois congressional delegation today: U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. Farmers need this agreement ratified. And the sooner, the...
More
ICGA COMMENTS ON USMCA, E15 RULEMAKING
ICGA SUPPORTS USMCA RATIFICATION Illinois Corn Growers Association President Ted Mottaz, a farmer from Elmwood, Ill., issued the following statement regarding the Association’s support for the...
More
