TUNIS, TUNISIA — US Grains Council (USGC) representatives and the Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers have extended their collaboration to promote the development of the feed industry in the region.

This will include sessions in a regional feed training center in Tunisia to improve feed production practices in the country.

“This continued agreement between the council and AKEFEMA is an on-going effort that aims for feed industry growth across the region and positioning the US industry to meet the higher demand for feed grains,” said Ramy Taieb, USGC reginal director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

In addition to visiting poultry and dairy farms in Kenya, the team spoke with staff from the US Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to dis-cuss facilitating US feed grain exports to the country.

While in Tanzania, the delegation met with representatives from relevant feed and poultry industry associations and toured a layer producer that holds 24,000 hens in two facilities and operates a feed mill with 900 tonnes of monthly capacity to understand the typical challenges these operations face and their feed use.

“The poultry and dairy markets in Kenya and Tanzania are expanding and producers here will need quality, affordable feed to keep up with their demand,” said Ana Maria Ballesteros, USGC deputy regional director for Europe and Middle East.

“The council’s engagement in both countries looks to improve the feed industries in both countries and open access to US feed ingredients such as distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) and sorghum as a way to achieve the nutritional and economic benefits that livestock operations need.”