The chairman of the US Soybean Export Council says diversifying soy export opportunities is key to maintaining robust trade.
Stan Born an Illinois farmer says more effort is being spent on developing markets outside of China and India. “Any place where there is a growing population, young populations, or urbanization that’s happening,” he says. “And growing economies where people are moving their diets from carbohydrate-based diets to eating meat and having a protein-based diet.” Born says some of those markets include Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, Nigeria, and Egypt.
