亚洲的蛋白质消费推动了豆粕需求
它的景点旨在将合作社定位为最快，最有效的副产品托运人，AG加工公司（AGP）开始加载船舶的新港口终端电梯（AGP）加载装满大豆餐和DDG的船只灰色港口（PGH）于2012年1月。
据AGP克里斯Schaffer的高级总监，在美国监督美国的出口贸易业务，亚洲的农产品需求提高，特别是中国，推动了PGH和AGP，使得6000万美元投资扩张。Schaffer, who first joined AGP in 1994, spent a brief stint at the U.S. Grain Council (USGC) as the manager of operations for Asian markets from 1999 to 2001. During this time Schaffer established relationships with Asian customers and focused on educating off-shore customers about GMOs and biotechnology. In 2001, he decided to return to trading, bringing his knowledge of export demand to AGP.
“The leadership of AGP saw a vision that there was a good export opportunity off of the Pacific Northwest for AGP processed products, mainly being soybean meal, and saw that Asian markets were demanding more U.S. soy products,” says Schaffer, pointing to the burgeoning populations in Southeast Asian countries and poultry consumption which requires the meal for poultry feed. According to Schaffer, the increase in meat consumption in China resulted in the country expanding its soybean crushing capacity, thereby spiking the demand for whole grain soybeans increased.
随着需求在国外转移，PGH也合理地接近AGP的大豆加工资产，铁路和运费较低。In 2004, AGP built a rail-to-ship unloading facility at the Port of Gray’s Harbor in Terminal 2. This model worked well for while, but as the global appetite for proteins grew, the site needed to add storage and the ability to move and grade whole grain for export. In 2012, the company completed the expansion of its existing operations with the addition eight 350,000-bushel storage silos — moving the port terminal from strictly loading processed products (soy meal and DDGS) to also moving and storing grain for export from its member owners.
考虑到东部玉米带的危机和西部玉米带的干燥温度，AGP的成员和加工厂都在西部，所以它在有问题的作物上可能处于更好的位置。
谢弗说:“我们看到，2012/13作物年亚洲市场的需求将非常旺盛。”我们面临的最大问题是美国的天气状况。”“我们可能会遇到问题，无法像去年那样维持西北太平洋沿岸的石油储量。”
2012年，Schaffer预测灰色港口的AGP港口将加载25至35艘船只，其中大豆，大豆和DDG，来自AGP处理器及其成员所有者;港口将以1至200万吨副产品移动到太平洋地区的出口市场。
AGP（www.agp.com）是世界上最大的农民拥有的大豆处理器，由当地和区域合作社所拥有，该区域合作社代表来自美国16个州的20多万农民。
华盛顿州唯一的太平洋海岸深水港口的灰色港口港口，距离公海仅有1.5艘船只小时。在他们的网站上提供了更多信息和海洋终端网站的照片portofgraysharbor.com.。
