Earlier this month, U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council (USGBC) Senior Marketing Specialist Javier Chávez and USGBC Marketing Specialist Eduardo Martinez Gonzalez led a team of Mexican feed nutritionists to an educational seminar at the University of Nebraska to improve understanding of U.S. corn co-products’ applications in livestock diets.
“By engaging key nutritionists in an important U.S. export market like Mexico, the Council can emphasize U.S. corn co-products like distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and new generation DDGS and their ability to diversify protein sources, improve feed efficiency and support sustainable supply chains,” Chávez said.
The group of 13 nutritionists arrived at the University of Nebraska for a series of presentations from industry experts. Topics included the nutritional characteristics of DDGS, feed inputs’ roles in improving the metabolism of beef and dairy cattle and the applications of DDGS in swine diets.
The next day, the team toured USGBC member POET’s ethanol facility in Fairmont to observe DDGS production firsthand and visited a local farm and feedlot to complete the group’s understanding of how U.S. corn co-products are sustainably grown and moved along the value chain.
“The Council is continuing to provide technical materials to stakeholders that help improve DDGS inclusion rates by emphasizing cost‑effectiveness and nutritional advantages. These updates are tailored to end-users to ensure they can confidently integrate U.S. corn co-products into their operations,” Chávez said.
“Together, DDGS educational and promotional activities exemplify the Council’s commitment to innovation, knowledge transfer and long‑term partnerships that strengthen the role of U.S. grains and their co-products in global markets.”
Learn more about the Council’s work in Mexico on the organization’s website.