The Sweat Equity Edition

Since 2020, MSR&PC has invested checko resources into projects in Uzbekistan to identify the country’s needs for U.S. soy. Council leaders conducted surveys across Uzbekistan’s poultry, dairy and aquaculture industries. Those forward-thinking e orts paid o in 2022, when this checko investment led to the rst ever shipment of U.S. soymeal to Uzbekistan, totaling 700 metric tons (MT). This equates to more than 25,000 bushels

Council Directors Patrick O'Leary and Gene Stoel followed up on the historic purchase with a trade mission to visit Uzbekistan's agriculture facilities, survey its infrastructure and look into the possibility of future checko investments in the country.

Up ahead: History in the Making

Visiting the emerging market allowed Council directors to speak with local farmers, agronomists, crushing facility and feed mill owners as well as livestock operation owners

Working with contractor Chris Andrews, O’Leary and Stoel made connections with business owners who could sell soybeans in Uzbekistan and government officials from the U.S. Embassy as well as the Ministry of Agriculture

Uzbek business leaders expressed interest in future soybean purchases from the U.S. and learning more about the benefits of high-quality U.S. soybeans of high-quality

Uzbekistan has been an independent country since 1991. The Central Asian country enjoys an abundance of natural resources, including coal, copper, gold, natural gas, oil, silver and uranium