The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council's (USGBC’s) regional office for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) held 2025/2026 Corn Harvest Quality Report rollout events in Saudi Arabia, connecting customers and U.S. producers while sharing the characteristics of this year’s corn crop. Image courtesy of USGBC.
Recently, the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council’s (USGBC’s) regional office for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) held two rollout events in Saudi Arabia, presenting the findings of the Council’s 2025/2026 Corn Harvest Quality Report.
“Hosting conferences in different regions of the world creates vehicles for customers to engage with leading U.S. producers and exporters, establishing mutually beneficial trade relationships,” said Ramy H. Taieb, USGBC regional director for EMEA.
“The Council has been active in the Saudi market for many years. Most recently, developing a storage program to facilitate smoother logistics at ports and transparently comparing U.S. corn’s performance and financial added value compared to corn of competing origins.”
The first component of the rollout was a half-day seminar in Riyadh, attracting 20 key importers, feed millers and end-users from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A strong delegation of U.S. industry representatives and USGBC members, including the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council, The Andersons, CHS, TransGlobe, POET, Bunge, STONE X and CM Navigator were in attendance and directly engaged with buyers by providing valuable networking opportunities and showcasing the availability of U.S. corn, corn co-products and sorghum.
The program continued in Jeddah, where two half-day regional sessions brought together buyers from nine Middle East and North African (MENA) countries (KSA, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon). Strong participation and engagement underscored regional interest in U.S. corn, DDGS, CFP and sorghum, as well as best practices for grain storage under hot and humid conditions. A robust delegation of U.S. agribusiness companies engaged directly with regional importers, creating valuable networking opportunities and reinforcing commercial linkages and U.S. agricultural exports’ sales into the MENA region.
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA’s FAS) based in Riyadh joined the Council and its members in both cities to further highlight the agricultural trade relationship between the countries.
“As Saudi Arabia expands its livestock, poultry and aquaculture sectors to improve protein self-sufficiency, the market offers substantial opportunities for U.S. feed grains and co-products,” said Mohamed Salah Bouthour, USGBC deputy regional director for Africa.
“These corn quality rollout events and other Council programming reinforce the U.S. agricultural community’s commitment to supporting regional industry growth through reliable access to high-quality U.S. feed grains, co-products and value-added services.”
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