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MOU will mean more U.S. DDGS going to Mexico

The Missouri Corn Merchandising Council, the U.S. Grains Council and the Regional Livestock Pork Producers Union of Sonora, Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding that will result in more U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) going to Mexico.

The project is a joint investment between Missouri Corn and Sonoran pork producers to buy hard railcar unloaders – known as “stingers” – for a rail terminal in the state of Sonora, Mexico. Stingers decrease the time and labor required to unload DDGS from rail cars. A Grains Council spokesman says the stingers mean an enormous potential for U.S. DDGS going to that region where none are going now.

The Pork Producers Union uses 50,000 metric tons of feed grains a month. About 40 percent of it comes from the U.S. Sonoran poultry and egg producers use 20,000 metric tons of feed grains monthly.