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USLGE members match international producers with sources in the United States that offer genetics with superior credentials. The combined resources of USLGE members include most major species and breeds — resources that are unmatched by any other single organization.
USLGE members include a broad base of U.S. livestock organizations (dairy, beef, swine, horse, goat, and sheep) as well as embryo and semen industries, the livestock export sector, and State Departments of Agriculture.
The Kenyan dairy and beef sectors are important drivers of the country’s economic growth, yet both sectors are unable to meet domestic demand. The challenges facing Kenya’s dairy and beef sectors present opportunities for U.S. technical capacity building in research, knowledge, and technology transfer. Opportunities include enhanced trade in improved genetics, capacity building in the use of artificial insemination, access to high-quality feed through trade in feed and feed ingredients, and improved disease surveillance and treatment.
Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN Report (Report No. KE2024-0006, Sept. 12, 2024)
USDA Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will lead Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Alexis M. Taylor will lead a USDA trade mission to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam, September 9–13, joined by representatives from 58 agribusinesses and organizations and nine State governments that represent the diversity of U.S. agriculture. While the trade mission takes place in Vietnam, it will also provide U.S. agribusinesses a gateway to the Southeast Asia region thanks to participation by potential customers from Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, and Thailand.
Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia hold immense opportunity for U.S. exporters, with rising consumer incomes, growing middle class populations, and favorable perceptions of U.S. food and agriculture. In 2023, the United States exported $3.1 billion of agricultural products to Vietnam.
Trade mission participants will connect with key importers for business-to-business meetings and learn about local and regional market conditions through detailed market briefings from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service staff, industry experts, and government contacts. USLGE and several of its members will be participating.
To learn more about this trade mission, please visit: fas.usda.gov/topics/trade-missions/vietnam-september-2024.
Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Newroom (News Release, Aug. 28, 2024)
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Ask An ExpertThis video of Hermosillo from USLGE's recent USDA-FAS Nutrition and Genetics Roadshow of the U.S. Grains Council, U.S. Soybean Export Council, and USLGE summarizes our activities in Sonora in Mexico. Plans are already underway for 2025.
Dr. Martin Sieber, USLGE President and CEO, represented USLGE at the Philippines agricultural trade mission sponsored in July 2022 by USDA and led by Foreign Agricultural Service Administration Daniel Whitley. USLGE was 1 of 29 U.S. agribusinesses and farm organizations to participate in the trade mission to Manila, Philippines. The Philippines is the 8th largest market for U.S. agricultural exports, averaging $3.1 billion annually during the last 5 years. Source: USLGE
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