ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 4, 2021 – The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) today announced that Michael J. Seyfert will become its new president and chief executive officer. Seyfert is scheduled to become NGFA’s top executive staff officer on March 1, succeeding Randy Gordon, who will retire by the end of March after serving nearly 43 years with the nation’s largest and most diverse agribusiness association – the last eight as its president and CEO. In so doing, Seyfert will become only the seventh person to serve in that capacity at NGFA since its founding in 1896. “We couldn’t be ... Read More
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Lacy Holleman joins NGFA staff as manager of legal affairs and arbitration
NGFA is pleased to announce the hiring of Lacy Holleman to the newly created staff position of manager of legal affairs and arbitration. She joined the staff on Nov. 30. The new position was established in part to provide additional staff support for one of NGFA’s premier member services – its more than century-old system of trade rules and arbitration that facilitates the efficient marketing of grains, oilseeds and their derived products, and resolves trade disputes in a timely and transparent manner. She also will work on contracting, legal and other matters. In addition, ... Read More
New members appointed to NGFA Board, Executive Committee
NGFA Chairman JoAnne Brouillette, under authority provided by NGFA’s Bylaws, has appointed two new members to fill vacancies on the NGFA Board of Directors. The newly appointed Board members are: Matt Ashton, chief executive officer of New Vision Cooperative, Brewster, Minn. Ashton previously served on the NGFA Board while serving as senior vice president for grain at Central Valley Cooperative in York, Neb.; and Dawn Caldwell, head of governmental affairs for Aurora Cooperative, Aurora, Neb. Caldwell also serves on NGFA’s International Trade/Agricultural Policy Committee. Also ... Read More
Difficult harvest looms after derecho hits Midwest
By Sarah Gonzalez, Director of Communications and Digital Media Estimates suggest 43 percent of Iowa’s 2020 corn and soybean crop has been damaged or destroyed by the derecho storm system that plowed through extensive areas of the Midwest on Aug. 10, destroying crops, buildings and grain storage structures across Iowa and neighboring states ahead of harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service announced Aug. 12 that its Sept. 11 Crop Report will include additional survey work, as well as satellite-based assessments of the extent of crop damage ... Read More
National Grain and Feed Digital Solutions to host free preview of Barge Digital Transformation (BDT) platform on Aug. 6
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 4, 2020 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA), its new affiliated organization – National Grain and Feed Digital Solutions (NGFDS) – and technology provider essDOCS will host a preview of the widely-anticipated Barge Digital Transformation (BDT) platform on Aug. 6. NGFA announced its official partnership with NGFDS to oversee the BDT project on July 14. The BDT project is the massive undertaking underway to provide a platform to digitize the current time-consuming, inefficient and costly paperwork-intensive processes ... Read More
NGFA welcomes new members
NGFA welcomes the following new member companies! Each organization was approved during the second quarter of 2020. Genesis Feed Technologies Peter Schott Fargo, N.D. Golden Belt Cooperative Daren Fischer Ellis, Kan. Montana Wheat and Barley Committee Zach Coccoli Great Falls, Mont. Renkert Oil LLC Daniel Hamilton Nolensville, Tenn. S & G Commodities LLC Marc W. Smith Omaha, Neb. Texhoma Wheat Growers Inc. Audry Hofferber Texhoma, Texas ... Read More
NGFA partners with new NGFDS to digitize barge industry transactions
ARLINGTON, Va., July 14, 2020 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) today announced its official partnership with a new affiliated organization – National Grain and Feed Digital Solutions (NGFDS) – to oversee the widely anticipated new Barge Digital Transformation (BDT) platform. The BDT project is the massive undertaking underway to digitize the current time-consuming, inefficient and costly paperwork-intensive processes common in the barge trade. In particular, the new platform is expected to digitize the approximated 70,000 to 100,000 negotiable barge bills of lading ... Read More
NGFA announces impending retirement of President/CEO Randy Gordon
…Search for successor underway… ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2020 – The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) today announced the impending retirement of its president and chief executive officer, Randy Gordon, which will occur following the association’s 125th annual convention in March 2021. At that time, Gordon will have served nearly 43 years in various executive capacities at NGFA, most recently as the organization’s chief executive staff officer since 2012. “It has been an honor and inspiration to work nearly my entire professional career at NGFA,” Gordon said. “The noble ... Read More
Listen: How to be an active NGFA member during a pandemic
How can you stay active in NGFA during COVID-19? What’s the plan for NGFA events this year? Find out from Rebecca Grubbs, NGFA's vice president of events and marketing, in our latest podcast! Listen here: “Being an Active NGFA Member during COVID-19...and Beyond” Other “Listen with NGFA” podcasts are available, including: “Trucking Transportation during COVID-19” with Max Fisher, NGFA’s vice president of economics and government relations; “Lobbying during COVID-19” with Bobby Frederick, NGFA’s vice president of legislative affairs and public policy; and “Rail Transportation ... Read More
NGFA’s Fairfield named to FSPCA Executive Advisory Board
David Fairfield, NGFA’s senior vice president of feed, has been elected from a pool of more than 80 candidates to serve as a member of the nine-member Executive Advisory Board (EAB) of the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA). He is one of only two members from the animal food sector; the other is Chris Lincecum, feed safety director for NGFA-member Cooperative Farmers Elevator in Ocheyedan, Iowa. Created in 2015, the FSCPCA is internationally recognized as the trusted source for curricula, training programs, and outreach for the prevention-oriented standards of the Food ... Read More
Lacy Holleman
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