Trade uncertainty, expanding export markets, trade deals and preparing for Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) inspections were among the top considerations for the feed industry this year.
The US sorghum industry is denying any wrong-doing and calling for trade to continue as China begins anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations.
Trump's decision to extract the US from the TPP has angered feed and grain groups in the US who point to their industries need for international trade.