# Grains Council works to build demand in East Africa

> The U.S. Grains Council launched its first commercial mission to East Africa to promote US sorghum and DDGS. The region has an annual corn deficit of about 2 million tonnes, worsened by drought, and feed producers are paying up to $375 per tonne for corn.

- Date: 2019-09-30 · published 2019-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region East Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57155-grains-council-works-to-build-demand-in-east-africa
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

High regional feed prices and corn deficits create demand opportunities for US sorghum and DDGS as lower-cost substitutes. Sustained export sales could support those prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-11-26 | [INTERVIEW: China grain demand reflects structural change: US Grains Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50014-interview-china-grain-demand-reflects-structural-change-us-grains-council.md) | +0.1% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2025-12-23 | [Report: Mexico’s demand for US grain to grow \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21477-report-mexico-s-demand-for-us-grain-to-grow-world-grain.md) | -0.9% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2021-03-23 | [China Demand Likely to Continue \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8504-china-demand-likely-to-continue-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.5% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2024-11-01 | [U.S. grains: Corn ticks up on export demand, easing harvest pressure - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27421-u-s-grains-corn-ticks-up-on-export-demand-easing-harvest-pressure-grainews.md) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2018-09-24 | [Council Promotion Efforts Lead To Expansion In U.S. Ethanol Exports - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63022-council-promotion-efforts-lead-to-expansion-in-u-s-ethanol-exports-u-s-grains.md) | +0.7% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/grains-council-works-to-build-demand-in-east-africa

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