Merci for Coming!

 THANK YOU to the more than 700 NGFA members and guests who attended the 2017 Annual Convention. For an excellent synopsis of the Convention’s speakers, messaging, and takeaways, please click here. Convention information, including final attendee, exhibitor, and sponsor lists, as well as program information and presentations, can be found below.

SEE YOU IN 2018!

  We look forward to seeing you at the 122nd NGFA Annual Convention, held March 18 – 20, 2018 at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, AZ. Be on the lookout for registration information coming to this page in early Fall of 2017.

2017 ANNUAL CONVENTION

Convention Program

Full Convention Program

Ag Village

Attendees

 

 

Presentations

Presentations

 

Speaker Profiles

Video Gallery

 

Photo Gallery

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Convention Sponsors

Sponsorship Prospectus

Diamond

Platinum

   

Gold

   

                        

                    

Silver

Agniel Commodities | American Railcar Leasing | APEX LLC | Arizona Grain Inc. | Attebury Grain LLC | Beachner Grain | Canadian Pacific
Central States Enterprises LLC | Commerce Bank | Crowe Horwath | Feagre Baker Daniels | GATX Rail | GROWMARK/MID-CO
J.W. Nutt Co. | Kokomo Grain | Laughlin Cartrell | Northwest Grain Growers | One Source Risk Management and Funding, Inc.
Riceland Foods Inc. | The Greenbrier Companies | Trinity Rail | Union Pacific | Union Tank Car Co. | US Bank | US Commodities
VTG Rail | Wells Fargo Rail | Western Milling | Wheeler Brothers Grain

2016 ANNUAL CONVENTION

Convention Details

Convention Program-At a Glance

Full Convention Program

Convention Attendee List – Final

Board of Directors and Executive Committee Announcement

Convention Sponsors

Platinum

ABN AMROABN AMRO ClearingADMBungeCargillCGB EnterprisesCMECoBankIFG Export Grain TerminalNideraRabobankTradiverse

Gold

Advance TradingBank of the WestBNSFCHSDupont PioneerHarris-Crane, Inc.INTL FCStoneJ.D. Heiskell & Co.Lansing Trade GroupLouis Dreyfus CommoditiesMetLife InvestmentsThe Scoular Company

Silver

American Railcar LeasingAPEX LLCArizona Grain Inc.Attebury Grain LLCBeachner GrainCanadian PacificCentral States Enterprises LLCCIT RailCommerce BankCrowe HorwathFaegre Baker DanielsFarm Credit Services of AmericaGATX RailGROWMARK/MIDCO COMMODITIES, INC.J.W. Nutt Co.Kokomo GrainLaughlin CartrellMitsui Rail Capital LLCMonsanto Co.National Steel CarNorthwest Grain GrowersPerdue AgriBusiness LLCRiceland Foods Inc.The Greenbrier CompaniesTrinity RailUnion Pacific RailroadUnion Tank Car Co.US BankUS CommoditiesVertex RailcarVTG RailWells Fargo RailWestern Milling LLCWheeler Brothers Grain Company LLC

Video Interviews

 

Presentations

Thomas Menzies, Deputy Program Director, Transportation Research Board, National Academies of Science

Noël Perry, Economist and Senior Consultant, FTR Transportation Intelligence

Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Michael Zweiback, partner and co-leader of the Cybersecurity and Data Protection Group at Arent Fox LLP

Carl Casale, president and CEO of CHS Inc.

Stephen Gallagher, managing director and head of research for Société Générale 

Gary Beachner, president and CEO of Beachner Grain Inc. in Parsons, Kan.

 

Photos

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FUTURE/PAST ANNUAL CONVENTION INFORMATION

Future Annual Conventions

• March 17 – 19, 2019, Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island, Amelia Island, Fla.
• March 8 – 10, 2020, JW Marriott Austin, Austin, Tex.
• March 14 – 16, 2021, Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, Calif.