ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 21, 2019 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and more than 30 other food and agricultural associations expressed their strong support of the “phase-one” trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan in a Nov. 19 letter to the House Ways and Means Committee. “A trade agreement between the United States and Japan is critical since Japan is already the United States’ fourth‐largest agricultural export market and our major competitors have received impactful tariff reductions under the Comprehensive and Progressive for Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement ... Read More
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NGFA’s 2019 Country Elevator Conference to feature Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, insights on grain markets and future of food
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 19, 2019 – The National Grain and Feed Association’s (NGFA) 48th annual Country Elevator Conference and Trade Show, the single largest gathering of country grain elevators in the nation, will feature Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, as well as expert insights into the 2020 market outlook, the future of food and more. The 2019 edition of this “meeting of the year” for country elevator managers, merchants and personnel, to be conducted Dec. 8-10 at the J.W. Marriott in Indianapolis, will bring together more than 600 agribusiness professionals for a day-and-a half of ... Read More
NGFA outlines recommendations to STB on rail rate reform proposals
ARLINGTON, Nov. 18, 2019 -- The National Grain Feed Association (NGFA) on Nov. 12 submitted two statements to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) largely supporting, but outlining recommendations to improve further, the agency’s proposals designed to reform the process available to shippers to challenge unreasonable freight rail rates. In its first statement, the NGFA supported the agency’s proposal to implement a streamlined “final-offer rate review” process that would provide rail customers with a more workable approach to challenge unreasonable freight rail rates within an expedited ... Read More
NGFA urges STB to improve proposed rule designed to correct egregious rail carrier charges
ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 8, 2019 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) on Nov. 6 submitted a detailed 22-page statement to the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) urging that it make significant changes to its Oct. 7 proposed policy statement that is designed to encourage Class I rail carriers to amend their demurrage and accessorial practices and charges to make them commercial fair, as well as reciprocal if they are the cause of delays that trigger such charges. While commending the agency for developing the draft policy statement and conducting an exhaustive May 22-23 ... Read More
NGFA commends House lawmakers for voting to support full use of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 30, 2019 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) this week commended House lawmakers for passing a bill that would allow for full utilization of fees collected in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) for maintaining U.S. harbors and ports at their authorized depths. According to the Congressional Budget Office, over the next decade, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act of 2019” (H.R. 4220) would enable $34 billion deposited into the HMTF to be accessed and spent for its collected and intended purpose – namely, dredging U.S. ... Read More
New NGFA video showcases link between grain quality and grain handling safety
ARLINGTON, Oct. 17, 2019 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) this week unveiled a new safety training video, “Safety and Grain Quality Management,” that illustrates the connection between grain quality and safety. The animated video, funded by the National Grain and Feed Foundation, was launched during NGFA’s first-ever Harvest Safety Week, which is taking place Oct. 14-18. Working in or around a grain bin can expose farmers and workers to serious and life-threatening hazards, including entrapment and suffocation from engulfment. Historically, nearly 70 percent of these ... Read More
NGFA commends signing of U.S.-Japan trade deal
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 7, 2019 -- National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) President and CEO Randy Gordon issued the following statement after President Trump on Oct. 7 signed the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement:“NGFA commends the United States and Japan for consummating, effective Jan. 1, a stage one trade agreement that will preserve significant market access for U.S. agricultural products, including wheat and wheat products, pork and beef. Japan represents America’s third largest agricultural market, and this agreement was essential so that U.S. agricultural products were not put at a ... Read More
USDA releases major study on strategic value of inland waterways to U.S. agriculture and U.S. economy
WCI/NGFA urge NESP infrastructure project to move forward ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 28, 2019 – The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) today commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for releasing a significant new study that quantifies the cost-savings and competitive advantages that would accrue from investing in long-delayed improvements to inland waterways locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois River system. The study, entitled, Importance of Inland Waterways to U.S. Agriculture, addresses the critical connection between the ... Read More
2019 NGFA-PFI Feed and Pet Food Joint Conference to address FSMA enforcement, market trends and trade impacts
Early bird registration ends Aug. 26 for general attendees WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2019 – The 2019 Feed and Pet Food Joint Conference, an annual collaboration between the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the Pet Food Institute (PFI), will feature industry leaders and education sessions designed to help feed and pet food companies navigate a complex regulatory environment as state and federal regulators begin inspecting facilities for compliance with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules. The diverse program for the 10th annual ... Read More
NGFA, other agribusiness groups say USDA’s new proposed rules for regulating biotech products ‘fundamentally flawed’
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 7, 2019 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new proposed rule for regulating plant-based agricultural biotechnology products, as drafted, is “fundamentally flawed” and could contribute to future trade disruptions, the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and several other grain- and oilseed-based agribusiness associations said in a joint statement submitted on Aug. 6. “Our industry, and our farmer-customers emphatically need to avoid the costly trade disruptions that have been associated periodically with transgenic biotechnology,” wrote the NGFA, ... Read More
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