Event News

During NGFA’s 124th annual convention in Austin, Texas, the National Grain and Feed Foundation will host a screening of the movie SILO. Inspired by true events, SILO follows a harrowing day in an American farm town. Disaster strikes when teenager Cody Rose is entrapped in a 50-foot-tall grain bin. When the corn turns to quicksand, family, neighbors and first responders must put aside their differences to rescue Cody from drowning in the crop that has sustained their community for generations. View a trailer of the film here. After the screening on the morning of March 10, Jess McCluer, ... Read More

Join the conversation about sustainability initiatives and their potential impacts on companies in the grain, feed, processing and export industry during the March 10 general session at NGFA’s 124th annual convention in Austin, Texas. Consumer-facing companies in food and agriculture are working to reduce their carbon footprints, conserve resources, encourage resource intensification, and operate more sustainably – and they are asking supply chain partners to participate in these efforts. Pipa Elias, director of agriculture in North America for The Nature Conservancy, and Ryan Sirolli, ... Read More

Ted McKinney, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) under secretary of agriculture for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, will discuss USDA’s trade priorities during the March 10 general session at NGFA’s 124th annual convention in Austin, Texas. McKinney leads the development and implementation of USDA’s trade policy, oversees and facilitates foreign market access, and promotes opportunities for U.S. agriculture through various trade programs and high-level government negotiations. The NGFA’s 124th annual convention scheduled for March 8-10 also includes the annual business ... Read More

Registration is well underway for the NGFA’s 124th annual convention, which will be conducted in Austin, Texas, on March 8-10. In addition to the annual business meeting, the “Technology and Transportation Open Forum,” and top-name general session speakers, the meeting features several opportunities for members and guests to explore Austin. Additional registration is required for these tours, which offer unique and guided ways to learn, eat and explore this one-of-a kind locale. Available tours are outlined below: Best of Austin Food Trucks Food Truck Tour: What started in the early ‘90s ... Read More

Registration is open for the NGFA’s 124th Annual Convention, which will be conducted in Austin, Texas, on March 8-10. In addition to the annual business meeting and top-name general session speakers, the meeting features a “Transportation and Technology Open Forum” on Sunday afternoon, March 8, focusing on issues at the Surface Transportation Board (STB) and the NGFA’s Barge Digital Transformation Project, among other topics. The open forum includes: “STB Priorities and Freight Rail Forum” featuring Martin Oberman, STB vice chairman. Oberman, the newest member of the agency, will ... Read More

If you were among the 600 attendees at the NGFA’s 48th annual Country Elevator Conference and Trade Show in Indianapolis, Ind., in early December – or if you had to miss the event – check out the full photo album! The album features conference speakers, including Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, as well as candid shots of NGFA members enjoying the program and the more than 100 exhibitors in the trade show. ... Read More

During the 2019 Country Elevator Conference on Dec. 10, Brian Gordon, chief executive officer of Ritzville Warehouse, Ritzville, Wash.; member of the NGFA Board of Directors and chairman of NGFA’s Country Elevator Committee, announced the three prize winners of the 2019 Grain and Feed Photo Contest. In third place, and the winner of $200 was: Jodie Brooks, Grain and Feed Association of Illinois. The second-place winner of a $300 prize was: Emily Mains, Maplehurst Farms. And taking first-place honors and a $500 prize was: Michael Kaeb, Goodwine Co-op.   ... Read More