National Grain and Feed Association

NGFA's 110th Annual Convention

Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, SC
March 5 - 7, 2006

Convention Presentations

Sunday, March 5

Rail Open Forum:

Click Here to view the presentation, "Rail Capacity, Carrier Profitability and Growth Projections - Implications for Agricultural Shippers", given by Anthony Hatch, Independent Transportation Analyst and Consultant, New York, N.Y.

Monday, March 6

Opening General Session

Click Here to view the text of the presentation "Leadership and Direction for American Agriculture", given by Steve Nail , Chairman, National Grain and Feed Association, President and Chief Executive Officer, Farmers Grain Terminal, Greenville, Miss. (PDF Format)

Click Here to view the text of the presentation "Issues at the Exchange", given by Bryan Durkin, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Ill. (PDF Format)

Click Here to view the presentation "Meeting Rail Capacity and Service Challenges - the CN's Approach ", given by Ed Harris , Executive Vice President, Operations, Canadian National Railway, Homewood, Ill. .

"Growing Influence of Commodity Fund Trading - What Does it Mean for Grain Markets?"

Click Here to view the presentation given by Kevin Rich, Director Commodity Asset Structuring Group, Deutsche Bank, New York, N.Y.

Tuesday, March 7

General Session

Click Here to View the presentation, "The Next Generation of Agricultural Biotechnology Events and Strategies for Achieving Global Acceptance", given by Jerry Steiner, President, Food Traits, Executive Vice President, Commercial Acceptance, Monsanto Co., St. Louis, Mo.

Click Here to View the presentation, "Agricultural Trade at a Crossroads - Prospects for Meaningful Reform at the WTO", given by Sharon Sydow, Former Director for Agricultural Trade Policy, U.S. Trade Representative's Office; Vice President, Allen F. Johnson and Associates, Washington, D.C. (PDF Format).

Click Here to view the presentation "Peter Pan's Farm: What Happens If Farmers Grow Up? ", given by John Phipps, Host of U.S. Farm Report TV and Columnist for both Farm Journal and Top Producer magazines, Chrisman, Ill.