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U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council

Business group · Agriculture & food · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with Patriots for Europe.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
3
MEPs met
€400k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council works in more than 50 countries and the EU to represent markets for U.S. barley, corn, grain sorghum, and related products, including ethanol and distiller’s dried grains with solubles. The mission of the Council is to develop markets, enable trade and improve lives. The U.S.”

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“Grains & BioProducts Council is an inclusive organization of corn, sorghum, barley producers and agribusiness organizations to support free and fair trade worldwide. Council culture and values includes conducting business in an ethical and honest manner, respect the cultural and economic needs of international markets, and actively pursues and supports alliances with organizations of like interest worldwide.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Patriots for Europe267%
European People's Party133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2025
1
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

András Gyürk
1 meeting · PfE
Pekka Toveri
1 meeting · EPP
Barbara Bonte
1 meeting · PfE

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Oct 2026Barbara BonteBio-ethanol
25 Feb 2026András GyürkRenewable Energy Directive
20 May 2025Pekka ToveriCurrent Topics in EU politics

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