This week, U.S. Grains Council (USGC) staff officially submitted the organization's 2026 Unified Export Strategy (UES) to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The UES is a grant application that details the Council's market development plans and recaps recent successes. Pictured digitally submitting the Council's 2026 UES are, from left to right, (rear) USGC Director of Global Programs Administration Stella Qian; USGC Manager of Global Strategies and Trade Alexander Grabois; USGC Manager of Global Strategies and Trade Sadie Marks; USGC Senior Global Strategies Coordinator Sam Clemence; (front) USGC Manager of Global Programs Shuda Jarboe; USGC Global Programs Coordinator John Owen; and USGC Manager of Global Programs Samantha Redfern.
