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
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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
NGFA recommends further improvements to grain inspection system in Senate Ag Committee testimony
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2019 – The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) recommended several policy improvements that would “create a more reliable, competitive and cost-effective official grain inspection and weighing system” during a July 31 Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on the reauthorization of the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA). “The grain storage, handling and export industry specializes in the logistics of purchasing the commodities a farmer grows and finding a market for it here at home or in global markets,” said Bruce Sutherland, president of Michigan Agriculture ... Read More
NGFA declares opening of Mid-Mississippi River
Pursuant to the NGFA Trade Rules, NGFA has declared that the Mid-Mississippi River opened for navigation as of 7 a.m. on Monday, July 22, 2019. NGFA Barge Freight Trading Rule 18(J) provides as follows: "The Dubuque and South (Mid-Mississippi) opening commences the first 07:00 hours of the first business day after the first empty dry cargo covered barge suitable for loading, originating at or below Winfield, Mo., reaches Dubuque, Iowa. The Mid-Miss opening shall be determined by a majority vote of a three-person committee appointed by the NGFA Chairman and shall be announced by publishing the ... Read More
NGFA members email, call and tweet Congress in support of USMCA
ARLINGTON, Va., July 10, 2019 -- As part of the National Grain and Feed Association’s (NGFA) continuing efforts in strong support of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), NGFA members delivered more than 1,100 emails, tweets and phone calls to their members of Congress this month urging that they ratify the agreement when it is brought up for a vote. NGFA members, who also visited more than 100 lawmakers on Capitol Hill in June to advocate for USMCA ratification, noted in their emails, phone calls and tweets that the trade agreement will preserve or expand upon critical market ... Read More
NGFA Board, staff member appointed to key ag trade technical advisory committee
ARLINGTON, Va., June 13, 2019 – Two persons associated with the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) were appointed to serve on a key U.S. government agricultural trade technical advisory committee this week. NGFA Board and Executive Committee member John Fletcher, general manager at Central Missouri AGRIService LLC, Marshall, Mo., and NGFA Director of Economics and Government Relations Max Fisher, Arlington, Va., were named to the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds and Planting Seeds. The group is a joint advisory committee appointed by ... Read More
NGFA reiterates need for STB action on rail demurrage, accessorial practices
ARLINGTON, Va., June 11, 2019 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) reiterated its call on the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) to follow up on its two-day public hearing on May 22-23 by developing specific policies and guidelines to govern Class I railroads’ demurrage and accessorial practices so that they are commercially fair and structured in a way that a rail customer operating efficiently can avoid such charges. In its 18-page supplemental statement submitted to the STB on June 6, the NGFA urged that the agency’s rules should require that demurrage and ... Read More
More than 950 food and ag groups urge prompt congressional ratification of USMCA
ARLINGTON, Va., June 11, 2019 – Nearly 1,000 broad-based organizations representing U.S. food and agriculture today called on Congress to swiftly ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In a letter sent to Congress, more than 950 groups representing the U.S. food and agriculture value chain at the national, state and local levels called on Congress to support ratification of USMCA. The letter reiterates that USMCA will benefit the U.S. agriculture and food industry while providing consumers an abundant supply of safe, high-quality human and animal food at competitive ... Read More
Joint Statement by National Grain and Feed Association and North American Export Grain Association on Potential Imposition of U.S Tariffs on Mexico
ARLINGTON, Va., May 31, 2019 – The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and North American Export Grain Association (NAEGA) issued the following statement today in response to President Trump’s May 30 announcement that he intends to impose escalating tariffs on Mexico starting June 10 in response to illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. “As organizations that strongly and unequivocally support speedy ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the NGFA and NAEGA commend the Trump administration for forwarding the draft Statement of Administrative Action ... Read More
NGFA recommends changes to FDA’s draft VFD guidance
ARLINGTON, Va., May 31, 2019 -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) made several recommendations to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its draft Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) guidance in a statement submitted to the agency on May 28. FDA made the draft guidance available on March 27 to provide the agency’s current thinking on responsibilities associated with all parties involved with VFD orders – veterinarians, VFD feed distributors (e.g., feed mills) and clients (i.e., owners or other caretakers of food-producing animals). The document expanded upon a ... Read More
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