ASA Vice President Bret Davis speaks about the quality aspects of U.S. soy in India. Photo Courtesy of USSEC

An Ohio farmer had the chance to discuss the quality grading of U.S soy in Indore, India this summer, during the U.S. Soybean Export Council’s (USSEC) national Soy Partnership Summit (SPS) 2015.

American Soybean Association (ASA) Vice President Bret Davis’ presentation, along with others from the U.S. soy family, helped provide participants a framework to make comparisons between the U.S. and India’s advanced farming and trade process.

SPS has shown positive growth in popularity and commercial utility with unique features added to the event each year. Voluntary industry participation increased by 34 percent compared to last year’s event with approximately 400 people attending the main event on July 23. About 230 participants from 17 different Indian provinces comprised of soy buyers representing the utilization sector, mainly from animal feeds, attended.

Also speaking during the event were, United Soybean Board (USB) Director C.D. Simmons, USSEC Director International Program Strategy & Research/Regional Director – ASC Drew Klein and USSEC Marketing Director – Animal Nutrition/Meal Pam Helmsing. WISHH consultant Masum Reja from Bangladesh and former USSEC consultant Dr. Athula Mahagamage, of Sri Lanka, spoke about U.S soy trade and expressed how their countries are gradually changing their stands on sourcing U.S meal as opposed to meal from their immediate neighbor, India.

Scott Sindelar, Foreign Agricultural Affairs (FAS) minister-counselor for Agricultural Affairs in India, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agriculture specialist Amit Aradhey stressed various aspects of U.S soy and agriculture.

Read more about the seminar here.