Registration now is open for the NGFA-Kansas State University Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) training course scheduled for Aug. 20-22 in Manhattan, Kan. This course is targeted for businesses that need to comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rule for Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals. The FDA FSMA-related animal food rule requires that certain activities specified within the regulations be completed by a “preventive controls qualified individual.” Such activities include overseeing ... Read More
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Trade Rules Seminar to preview Barge Digital Transformation project
NGFA’s 2019 Trading, Trade Rules and Dispute Resolution Seminar (Trade Rules Seminar) will feature a special barge trade session focused on the new and currently underway Barge Digital Transformation project. This initiative launched last year in response to industry-generated demand to replace the current costly, cumbersome and outdated (paper- and FedEx-based) process to apply barges and transfer bills of lading. For about a year, a diverse coalition of companies in the industry have been working to develop a prototype digital system, which it widely is anticipated will be available ... Read More
2019-20 CAPs get the ‘DC Experience’
The NGFA’s 2019-2020 class of the Committee Apprentice Program (CAP) spent time in Washington, D.C., this week, where they met with government agencies and officials pertinent to their particular committees’ issues and advocated on behalf of the grain, feed, processing and export industry on Capitol Hill. This is the sixth annual class of CAPs under a program first envisioned in NGFA’s 2012 Long-Range Plan. Twenty-six CAPs discussed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, waterways infrastructure funding and rail issues with their lawmakers, visiting a total of 21 congressional offices. Rep. ... Read More
Register now to save on NGFA’s Trade Rules Seminar
Offered only once every-other-year, NGFA’s 2019 Trading, Trade Rules and Dispute Resolution Seminar (Trade Rules Seminar) will be conducted May 6-7 at the Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. Register here by today – Friday, April 5 – to receive an early bird discount! NGFA’s Trade Rules Seminar provides attendees with a primer on contracting principles and trading practices designed to minimize costly trade disputes and contract non-performance. “[The Trade Rules Seminar] is a great way to really gain exposure to the trade rules and their application to what we use every ... Read More
Did you participate in Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week? Take the NGFA survey!
The NGFA is inviting feedback about the major safety outreach effort it hosted with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – the “Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week” – from March 25-29 to raise awareness about grain handling and storage hazards and ways to prevent them. Throughout the Stand-Up for Grain Safety Week, companies participated by providing focused activities and/or toolbox talks for employees on any hazard-prevention measure. If your facility participated in this safety effort, please take this brief survey. The NGFA wants to make sure you and your company ... Read More
NGFA membership ratifies arbitration rule changes
During the NGFA’s 123rd annual convention in Amelia Island, Fla., NGFA members ratified changes to arbitration rules voted on by the NGFA Board of Directors in September 2018. At the annual business meeting on March 19, NGFA members ratified amendments to the NGFA Arbitration Rules and NGFA Rail Arbitration Rules related to NGFA membership categories. Additionally, the amendments expand the Rail Arbitration Committee to accommodate additional members while maintaining the even split on the committee between railroads and rail customers. View more details about the ratified changes in the ... Read More
NGFA welcomes 61 new member companies in 2018-19
At the NGFA’s 123rd annual convention in Amelia Island, Fla., membership recruiters were recognized on March 19 for sponsoring 61 new member firms since the 2018 convention. Major prize-winners were: Ceres Award – Grain Craft, Chattanooga, Tenn. The member company compiling the most total membership recruiting points over the year is awarded the solid bronze statue of Ceres, Goddess of the Harvest. Ceres will reside in the Chattanooga offices of Grain Craft for the coming year due to the membership recruiting prowess of Alan Koenig, Chief Supply Chain Officer, who sponsored ... Read More
NGFA’s Trade Rules Seminar is May 6-7
Offered only once every other year, NGFA’s Trade Rules Seminar provides attendees with a primer on contracting principles and trading practices designed to minimize costly trade disputes and contract non-performance. NGFA’s 2019 Trading, Trade Rules and Dispute Resolution Seminar (Trade Rules Seminar) will be conducted May 6-7 at the Hilton St. Louis Airport Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. Register by April 5 to receive an early bird discount! WATCH: What is the NGFA Trade Rules Seminar? Designed for those involved in trading operations or responsible for merchandising grains, feed ... Read More
NGFA elects Board members and industry officers
During its annual business meeting on March 19 at the NGFA’s 123rd annual convention in Amelia Island, Fla., the Association’s members elected to serve as NGFA officers for a second term: Chairman: Eric Wilkey, President, Arizona Grain Inc., Casa Grande, Ariz.; First Vice Chairman: David Baudler, Managing Director, Grain; Cargill Agricultural Supply Chain North America, Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; and Second Vice Chairman: JoAnn Brouillette, President, Demeter LP in Fowler, Ind. In addition, NGFA members elected the following persons to serve three-year terms on the ... Read More
NGFA members discuss trade, industry priorities and raise Foundation funds at the 123rd annual convention
By Sarah Gonzalez, Director of Communications and Digital Media More than 650 members gathered in Amelia Island, Fla., for the NGFA’s 123rd annual convention, from March 17-19, where they discussed the nation’s trade environment, transportation and policy issues, and raised money for the National Grain and Feed Foundation, the association’s research and education arm. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue keynoted the convention in an energetic and impassionate address on March 18, commending the NGFA’s advocacy on maintaining trade agreements and pursuing new accords essential to the ... Read More
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