The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) Global Ethanol Summit (GES) concluded its formal meetings on Tuesday in Washington D.C., but continued on this week with nearly a dozen tours in ethanol producing states.

Those tours included:

Japan visiting Iowa;
Korea visiting Nebraska;
Latin America (LTA) visiting South Dakota;
LTA visiting Michigan;
LTA visiting Minnesota;
Mexico visiting Colorado;
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and China visiting Missouri;
MEA visiting Ohio;
Southeast Asia (SEA) and Oceania visiting Kansas;
SEA visiting Wisconsin;
Taiwan visiting North Dakota; and
Vietnam visiting Kentucky.

The GES also included series of memorandum of understanding (MOU) signings between the Council and key ethanol stakeholders from around the world.

“Users are seeing bioethanol’s undeniable benefits and the commensurate increased consumption means there is a growing recognition of what industry leaders have always known – bioethanol is available right here, right now and it is here to stay,” said USGC President and CEO Ryan LeGrand.