The document discusses the Missouri Department of Agriculture's efforts to promote Missouri products internationally. It provides information on the department's Agriculture Business Development division and its work supporting various agricultural industries in Missouri, including forestry, food and beverages, grains, and livestock. Key data on production and exports for each industry is given. Upcoming trade shows and current topics of interest are also mentioned.

1. PROMOTING MISSOURI PRODUCTS
Tristan Asbury, Melissa Miller & Kayla Otto
Marketing Specialists
Missouri Department of Agriculture

2. AGRICULTURE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

3. WHO WE ARE…
Ò Agriculture Business Development (ABD)
É AgriMissouri
É Market News
É Missouri Agricultural & Small Business
Development Authority (MASBDA)
É International Marketing
Ð 4 Marketing Specialists
Ð 2 Development Coordinators

4. WHAT WE DO…
Ò Export Consultation
Ò Export Documentation
Ò Memberships/Partnerships
Ò Trade Shows
Ò Trade Missions
Ò Trade Leads
Ò Foreign Trade Offices

5. FOREIGN TRADE OFFICES

6. FORESTRY INDUSTRY
Ò 15.4 million acres
É 1/3 of Missouri
Ò $7.3 billion industry
Ò 388 Sawmills
Ò 6 Cooperages
Ò Largest producer:
É Walnut
É White oak staves
É Wood pallets
É Charcoal

7. FORESTRY PRODUCTS
Ò Forest products rank #5
in ag exports
É $169 million
Ò Top Exports:
É Hardwood Lumber
É Wooden Casks
É Hardwood Logs
É Oak Lumber
É Ties
Ò Top Export Partners:
É China
É Canada
É Mexico
É Japan
É Germany

8. HARDWOODS/SOFTWOODS
HARDWOODS: SOFTWOODS:
Ò Ash
Ò Cherry
Ò Cottonwood
Ò Hickory
Ò Hard Maple
Ò Soft Maple
Ò Red Oak
Ò White Oak
Ò Yellow Poplar
Ò Black Walnut
Ò Red Cedar
Ò Yellow Pine

9. MEMBERSHIPS/FUNDING
Ò Missouri Forest Products Association (MFPA)
Ò Hardwood States Export Group (HSEG)
Ò American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC)
Ò Softwood Export Council (SEC)
É Funding available

10. FOOD/BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
Ò Product Areas
É Food Ingredients
É Beverages
É Processed/Prepared Foods
É Snack Foods
É Wine & Craft Beer
Ò Food Export Midwest
Ò Wine & Grape Board

11. FOOD/BEVERAGE EXPORTS
Ò Prepared foods rank #3 in
ag exports
É $263 million
Ò Wine & Craft Beer rank
#10 in ag exports
É $90 million
Ò Top Exports:
É Prepared Foods
É Wine & Beer
É Condiments & Sauces
É Vegetable Oil NESOI
É Non-Alcoholic Beverages
(juices, coffee, tea, etc)
Ò Top Export Partners:
É Canada
É Mexico
É United Kingdom
É China
É Philippines

12. GRAIN INDUSTRY
Ò Product Areas
É Corn
É Rice
É Soybeans
É Wheat
É Cotton
É Oil Seeds
É Other Grains
Ò Rice – 4th
É 14 million cwt
Ò Soybeans – 6th
É 260 million bushels
Ò Corn – 7th
É 628 million bushels
Ò Cotton – 8th
É 570,000 bales

13. GRAIN EXPORTS
Ò Soybean meal ranks #2 in
ag exports
É $276 million
Ò Feeds & fodders rank #4 in
ag exports
É $186 million
Ò Corn ranks #6 in ag exports
É $167 million
Ò Soybeans ranks #7 in ag
exports
É $161 million
Ò Distillers grains rank #8 in
ag exports
É $104 million

14. LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
• Beef Cattle
• Dairy Cattle
• Horses, Donkeys, Mules
• Pigs
• Sheep
• Goats
• Poultry (chicken & turkey)
• Rabbits
• Aquaculture
• Exotics (llamas, alpacas, bison, elk)
• Genetics

15. LIVESTOCK INVENTORY & EXPORTS
Ò Inventory
É 2nd in Beef Cows
(1.8 million head)
É 7th in Hogs
(2.35 million head)
É 5th in Turkeys
(16 million head)
É 9th in Broilers
(46.8 million head)
Ò Exports:
É Beef & Beef Products
($7.4 million)
É Pork & Pork Products
($236 million)
É Poultry Meat &
Products Ex. Eggs
($7.2 million)

16. U.S. LIVESTOCK GENETIC EXPORT, INC.
Ò Foreign Market Development Program (FMD)
Ò Market Access Program (MAP)
Ò Quality Samples Program (QSP)
Ò Cochran Fellowship Program
Ò Emerging Market Program (EMP)
Ò http://www.uslge.org/

17. WHY GO INTERNATIONAL?
Ò Increase sales & profit
Ò Resource procurement
Ò Economic factors
Ò Growth

18. TOPICS OF INTEREST

19. COMMODITY TRENDS
Ò Domestic market is exceptional
Ò Strong U.S. dollar
Ò High prices continue
Ò Changing diets
Ò Growth in beverage industry
Ò Livestock outlook positive
Ò Genetics exports

20. KEEP AN EYE ON…
Ò Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
Ò Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Ò West Coast Port Situation
Ò Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)
Ò Canada’s BSE problem
Ò Hardwood Checkoff
Ò Cuba

21. UPCOMING EVENTS
Ò Dubai Wood Show
É April 14-16, 2015
É Dubai, UAE
Ò Beef Australia Expo
É May 4-9, 2015
É Rockhampton,
Australia
Ò Taipei International
Food Show
É June 24-27, 2015
É Taipei, Taiwan
Ò Sylva Wood Expo
É June 29-July 1, 2015
É Shanghai, China

22. THANK YOU!
Connecting producers to consumers and consumers to agriculture.
Tristan Asbury
Marketing Specialist – Food Products & Beverages
Tristan.asbury@mda.mo.gov
(573) 751-5611
Melissa Miller
Marketing Specialist – Livestock
Melissa.miller@mda.mo.gov
(573) 751-5613
Kayla Otto
Marketing Specialist – Forestry Products
Kayla.otto@mda.mo.gov
(573) 751-7213
Brenda Siegler
Marketing Specialist – Grains
Brenda.siegler@mda.mo.gov
(573) 522-9560