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U.S. GRAINS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES UPCOMING GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY SYMPOSIUM PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 05 March 2010 16:34

Event Brings Together U.S. and Japanese Government and Agribusiness Industry Leaders to Discuss How to Feed a Growing World

Today at the annual Commodity Classic event, U.S. Grains Council Chairman Rick Fruth and Senior Vice President of Operations and Industry Relations Keith Heffernan announced the tentative lineup of speakers for the upcoming Global Food Security Symposium, sponsored by the U.S. Grains Council.
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USGC Sponsors Agri-Pulse Open Mic for March PDF Print E-mail
Written by Marri Carrow at 202-789-0789   
Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:22
Agri-Pulse_Ad_for_WebThe U.S. Grains Council sponsored March’s Agri-Pulse Open-Mic speaker U.S. Representative Leonard Boswell (D-IA), chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee for General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. The Council sponsorship includes a 20-second promotion before the speaker, a banner ad on the Agri-Pulse homepage and an Open-Mic interview of USGC President and CEO Thomas C. Dorr, to be aired in April. Check it out at www.argi-pulse.com.
 
US Grains Council President and CEO Speaks at FOODEX JAPAN Event PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:16

dorr_speak_for_WebAt a news conference held March 2, before the opening of the FOODEX JAPAN trade show, U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Thomas C. Dorr joined the U.S. Ambassador to Japan and several Japanese food industry leaders to announce the upcoming “Partners in Agriculture” events.

The “Partners in Agriculture” events celebrate 50 years of the U.S., Japan agricultural trade relationship. “Partners in Agriculture” events will

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Morocco Tenders 7,000 Metric Tons of US Sorghum PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:11

amber_grain_for_webAs a direct result of U.S. Grains Council programs, 7,000 metric tons (276,000 bushels) of U.S. sorghum was tendered to Morocco last week for mid-March delivery. Special checkoff funds from Council member United Sorghum Checkoff Program allowed staff from CasaGrains, the Moroccan poultry feed mill and production facility that tendered the sorghum, to travel to the United States and Mexico last November to view U.S. sorghum production and use firsthand.

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Council Celebrates Phenomenal Agricultural Trade Relationship with Japan PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:07

M._Callahan_WebBy Mike Callahan, U.S. Grains Council Senior Director of International Operations

When natural disaster strikes, it leaves in its wake a country and its people short of food, water and security. This was the case in 1959, when two typhoons devastated one of Japan’s centers of agriculture production, the Yamanashi prefecture. To help re-establish the prefecture’s once-robust hog production industry, hog and grain producers in Iowa, assisted by

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