USGC amends name to U.S. Grains and BioProducts Council at annual meeting 

During the 65th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting, U.S. Grains Council members voted and passed an organizational name amendment to transition from the U.S. Grains Council to the U.S. Grains and BioProducts Council (USGBC). 

“The Council stands on the precipice, and there is the opportunity for exponential growth with becoming the U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council,” said Ryan LeGrand, U.S. Grains and BioProducts Council CEO and President. “The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council encompasses both the organization’s grains side and ethanol side to create one global powerhouse organization. 

“This organizational name change will open doors previously closed to us – those in the energy space for which our ethanol team are diligently trying to gain access to so we can spur sales in ways that we haven’t been able to in the past.” 

The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council was founded in 1960 as the U.S. Feed Grains Council to develop new markets for U.S. coarse grains and co-products. 

“We have paid special attention to choosing the right name without abandoning the 65 years of brand equity our members and our past leaders have worked so hard to create,” LeGrand said. 

With nine offices overseas and the world headquarters in Washinton, D.C., the Council operates programs in more than 50 countries and the European Union. The Council supports global economic development through partnerships, enabling U.S. agriculture’s profitability. 

The Council may have a new name, but it is continuing its longstanding mission of developing markets, enabling trade and improving lives. In June, with funds provided by the Indiana Corn Marking Council, the Council completed a multi-year project of installing a scalperator at a feed mill in Mexicali, Mexico.  

In 2022, the USGBC completed an assessment at a feed mill that determined a scalperator would be needed to help the mill with steam flaking. The scalperator is used to ensure no broken grain and foreign material (BCFM) is in the grain during the steam flaking process. After the assessment, the Council worked with the mill to install the scalperator. 

The scalperator made the steam flaking process easier, and two months after the installation, the feed mill is now feeding 71,000 cattle with U.S. corn. 

The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council thanks the Indiana Corn Marketing Council for its support of this benchmark project that helps find solutions for eliminating BCFM in the steam flaking process.