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Today your audience can listen to comments from Ric Pinca, Vice President of the Philippine Association of Feed Millers, Inc. about U.S. soybean meal, ASA and AGP.

Suggested Lead: The Philippines has long been an important export market for U.S. soybean meal. And according to Ric Pinca - Vice President of the Philippine Association of Feed Millers - the dependable quality of U.S. soybean meal makes it a clear choice.
 

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But Pinca says - despite the quality of U.S. soymeal - transportation issues were beginning to put U.S. soymeal at a competitive disadvantage in the Philippines. He says it used to be all U.S. soymeal had to go through the Gulf of Mexico - a process that could take 40 to 45 days.

But Pinca says that all changed when AGP opened its west coast soybean processing facility...tape

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Pinca says the American Soybean Association has played an invaluable role in keeping U.S. soymeal competitive in the Philippines as well...tape

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And Pinca says the Philippine feed milling industry continues to need technical assistance in the areas of animal nutrition - purchasing - and marketing.

This report is brought to you by the American Soybean Association. I’m Bob Callanan in St. Louis.

For more information, contact ASA Communications Director Bob Callanan at (800) 688-7692. ASA’s audio reports are also available at http://www.soygrowers.com/newsroom/srn.htm.

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