Trade Mission to South America

Larry Fillmer, Executive Director of the Natural Resources Management & Development Institute, and Steve Taylor, Director of the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, spent 10 days as part of the trade mission led by Alabama Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks.

They with agricultural, biofuel, and agribusiness companies in order to identify opportunities to link Alabama agriculture with its counterparts in Brazil and Argentina.

In addition to trade opportunities, the delegation examined opportunities to heat poultry houses with biomass and the production of ethanol from sugar cane.

The delegation met with cattle ranchers and commodity producers from the Buenos Aires province of Argentina. After the visit in Argentina, Commissioner Sparks’ delegation traveled to Brazil and met with agribusiness companies currently utilizing Alabama products/technology in their production practices.

The State of Alabama will host a delegation of Argentine leaders in October.

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