Policy Priorities
Policy Priorities for 2009
National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA)
North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA)
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA), established in 1896, is a grassroots organization comprised of more than 1,000 companies that operate more than 6,000 facilities and handle in excess of 70 percent of U.S. grains and oilseeds throughout the 48 continental states and more than 300 congressional districts. NGFA members encompass all sectors of the industry, including country, terminal and export elevators; feed and feed ingredient manufacturers; cash grain and feed merchants; biofuels producers; and end-users of grain and grain products, including grain processors, flour millers and livestock and poultry integrators. Affiliated with the NGFA are 35 state and regional grain and feed associations. The NGFA has a strategic alliance with the Pet Food Institute.
The North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA), a not-for-profit trade association established in 1912, consists of private and publicly owned companies and farmer-owned cooperatives that are involved in and provide services to the bulk grain and oilseed exporting industry. NAEGA's mission is to promote and sustain commercial export of grain and oilseed and their primary products. Through a reliance on member networking, action and support, NAEGA acts to accomplish this mission from its office in Washington D.C., and in markets throughout the world.
NGFA and NAEGA are co-located in Washington, D.C., and coordinate policy and government representation on trade-related and other issues that affect the economic prospects of the industry. This enables the organizations to speak in a unified voice to government and to the industry's domestic and international customers.