The U.S. Grains Council’s 54th Annual Board of Delegates meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, starts Monday, July 28. More than 250 members, grain industry representatives and others have registered for the sessions, surpassing the mark set last February in Long Beach, California.
The Council has planned an exciting meeting, featuring many renowned speakers who will build on this year’s theme, Partnerships and Possibilities. Key speakers are set to include
- Howard G. Buffett;
- Darci Vetter, chief agricultural negotiator at the Office of the United States Trade Representative;
- Evelyn Browning Garriss, known as the Weather Whisperer; and
- Fred Gale, senior economist at USDA’s Economic Research Service.
While much of the Omaha meeting will be focused on important issues that impact agricultural trade, it is also the Council’s annual business meeting, with Advisory Team meetings, officer and Board elections, and approval of the budget for the next year on the agenda. Information on voting will be provided in the meeting booklet.
All attendees are welcome to download USGC’s mobile guide from the Guidebook App on a mobile device. This easy-to-use app will have the most up-to-date schedule available for the meeting. Anyone using this app can view the schedule, read speaker biographies, create their own schedule with reminders and much more. Detailed instructions on how to upload the guide to mobile devices are available here.
Additional thoughts about the Council’s summer meeting from USGC President and CEO Tom Sleight are available in this audio report.
See you in Omaha!