A letter sent Oct. 1 from 21 bipartisan members of Congress to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urged the administration “to engage with the incoming administration in Mexico to address ongoing trade disputes under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), including Mexico’s ban on genetically modified (GM) corn.” Reps. Randy Feenstra […]
As previewed last week, labor strikes at the East and Gulf Coast ports exacerbated an already challenging situation for NGFA’s members in a mere 72 hours. In a letter sent Sept. 27, NGFA and nearly 200 other organizations and companies urged President Biden to intervene in the stalled labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the […]
NGFA’s 53rd annual Country Elevator Conference & Trade Show (CEC) will take place Dec. 10-12 in Kansas City, Mo. Companies interested in exhibiting at the industry’s premier event for grain merchants, elevator operators, feed manufacturers, processors, and suppliers should register soon, as only 25 exhibit spots remain on the trade show floor! The CEC attracts […]
Food facilities that manufacture/process, pack or hold food for human or animal consumption in the United States are required to complete the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) biennial registration renewal process this year between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31. Among the facilities required to renew such registrations are grain elevators, feed mills, flour mills, […]
In a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), NGFA is seeking clarity on the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which will take effect Jan. 1, 2025. The regulation will affect U.S. grain and oilseed exporters by requiring additional traceability of commodities to ensure they were not produced on […]
NGFA joined 46 other agribusiness organizations this week in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a request from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regarding stringent new truck fleet regulations. The groups argue that CARB’s proposed regulations would “significantly hinder” the agricultural industry. In a Sept. 16 letter to the EPA, the agribusiness […]
NGFA joined a coalition of industry groups to call on President Joe Biden to intervene in labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). The labor contract that oversees all maritime container ports along the East and Gulf coasts is set to expire on Sept. 30 and the […]
Jon Braley, director of the Food and Agriculture-Information Sharing Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC), will present a fall cybersecurity threat briefing for NGFA members on Sept. 19 at 1-2 p.m. EST. The briefing will cover advanced persistent threats (APT) and Nation State motivations, operational technology, supply chain threats, ransomware threats and highlights from the Food […]
NGFA recently published an update on the agricultural economic landscape, farm income trends and their influence on policy, and a trade analysis and outlook. The document was completed with the help of The Russell Group (TRG), a leading bipartisan government relations firm focused exclusively on food and agriculture public policy that NGFA hired earlier this […]
Registration is open for the NGFA’s 53rd annual Country Elevator Conference and Trade Show (CEC) on Dec. 10-12 in Kansas City, Mo. Confirmed speakers so far include Glenn Spencer, senior vice president of the employment policy division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Ambassador Kip Tom, farmer and former ambassador to the United Nations Food […]
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