Egypt to Run Sorghum Feeding Trials
USGC working with poultry companies on educational efforts.
Compiled by staff
Published: Aug 23, 2010
Egypt will conduct feed trials this November, testing U.S. non-tannin grain sorghum. The sorghum, 60 metric tons of it, was shipped to Egypt by the U.S. Grains Council. The grain sorghum will be utilized by Egypt's Dakahlia Poultry Company, the third largest vertically integrated poultry operation in that country. Chris Corry, USGC senior director of international operations, says the feed trials will be supplemented by experiments at the government-run Research Center for Food and Feed. U.S. nutritionist will travel to Egypt to set up the feeding protocols, monitor the trials and analyze results.
The introduction of non-tannin grain sorghum in Egypt would expand the market basket of products available for import to that country. USGC expects import duties to be eliminated while the trial is taking place, but not before an educational foundation for non-tannin grain sorghum is provided. Grown commercially only in the United States, non-tannin sorghum is preferred for poultry feed because it does not inhibit the digestion of tryptophan, an essential amino acid in poultry.
Egyptian buyers will visit the United States in October, and as the trials in Egypt begin. The Council will run workshops, conferences and seminars as part of its educational efforts there. Trial results will be given in Egyptian seminars in February. USGC hopes to use this experience in opening the Egyptian market for distiller's dried grains with solubles and corn gluten.
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