USGC强调全球市场趋势

设置在背景weather-rel纪录ated delays, narrow margins and continued geopolitical uncertainty, the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) opened its summer annual meeting Monday in Cincinnati by examining major short-term and long-term market trends for U.S. feed grains and the future of the organization’s market development work.

第59届年度代表委员会会议始于预期票据，USGC主席Jim Stitzlein正式向USGC总裁兼首席执行官Ryan Legrand介绍了该组织的会员资格。莱格兰德（Legrand）是6月份从USGC墨西哥办公室领导的新职务，他表达了他对USGC在为美国谷物寻找新的，更强大的市场的作用的热情，并从农业贸易促销（ATP）计划中分配了2000万美元。

莱格兰德说：“我们显然还有我们的挑战，但我们也有许多亮点，使成为美国玉米，高粱，大麦，DDGS和乙醇的倡导者同样令人兴奋的时刻。”

“We’ve had to learn to be nimble as markets change and grow, and we will need to meet this challenge continually as markets we work with will change even faster in the future. And that’s what I envision the USGC doing with the help of our staff around the world, our valued members, our friends and allies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service and the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office.”

Euromonitor International的顾问Ron Dulin和Clipperdata农业市场市场研究总监Ken Smithmier为当今市场的市场和人口增长的趋势概述了概述，这将推动未来的市场。

杜林谈到了Euromonitor对“大城市”的研究，该研究将在未来10年内主导经济增长和谷物需求。他解释说，绝大多数大城市都在包括中国和印度在内的发展中国家，未来的粮食和能源需求将在这些人口众多的地区驱动，看到食物消耗迅速，需要提高空气质量。

Smithmier shared his firm’s research about global grain flows and how weather and intervening market forces will cause short-term and long-term effects with respect to agricultural products, namely grains and ethanol. Smithmier reviewed the seasonal and cyclical fluctuations of the global grain market as well as factors that could impact U.S. competitiveness including ongoing trade policy negotiations, changing fuel standards for ocean-going ships and infrastructure development in South America.

下午，与会者在七个咨询小组（A-Team）会议中度过了一段时间。Each A-Team has a specific focus -- including Asia, Ethanol, Innovation and Sustainability, Middle East/Africa, Trade Policy, Value-Added and Western Hemisphere – allowing members the chance to offer input and set priorities to determine the USGC’s course of action over the coming year.

周二，USGC编程计划着重于美国谷物和乙醇的新兴市场，辛辛那提会议最终周三与USGC代表委员会会议，任命A-Team Team领导人和新董事会的选举。