Developing Markets: Feed Grain Demand Building In Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council (USGBC) Regional Director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Ramy H. Taieb and Deputy Regional Director for Africa Mohamed Salah Bouthour recently traveled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to meet with local feed, poultry and large animal producers and organize a workshop session to promote U.S. corn, corn co-products and sorghum.

The Council’s delegation met with leading feed companies in Dammam, Riyadh and Jeddah and visited storage facilities to learn about the challenges they face – both in the marketplace and due to climate constraints – and held a conference gathering leading customers from across the country to highlight the best storage practices and nutritional advantages of U.S. grains and co-products.

“While feed producers in Saudi Arabia possess advanced grain handling infrastructure, exemplified by the Arabian Agricultural Services Company’s (ARASCO’s) state-of-the-art port facility in Dammam, significant challenges persist in grain storage due to extreme heat and humidity, resulting in shrinkage and sanitation issues,” Taieb said.

“We also identified an opportunity to promote U.S. sorghum thanks to its competitive price and availability, as well as its added nutritional value in poultry and dairy feed diets.”