{"id":3924,"date":"2015-07-30T13:54:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T13:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/tobin-hard-times-confirm-usgcaes-importance\/"},"modified":"2015-07-30T13:54:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T13:54:05","slug":"tobin-hard-times-confirm-usgcaes-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/tobin-hard-times-confirm-usgcaes-importance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tobin: Hard Times Confirm USGC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Importance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celebrating 15 years of U.S. Grains Council (USGC) experience, Monsanto Company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jim Tobin was honored this week during the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 55th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting<\/a> in Montreal, Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

During his tenure, Tobin has found the Council to be a unique organization that does especially important work during difficult times.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153When commodity prices are high and all the product is being sold, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy to think that will always continue,\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When production goes up and prices go down, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a reminder that we deal with a fluid market, and we have to do all we can to develop trade.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In this period we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going through right now, I think the Council is going to shine, bringing new buyers to the table, taking some of the extra volume out of the market and helping our customers around the world feel good about buying U.S. coarse grains and co-products.\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n

Tobin, now an at-large director for the Council, talked with enthusiasm about working on the USGC biotechnology Advisory Team (A-Team).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It became clear that export approvals would be critical for farmers to get the full value out of biotechnology,\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd Tobin said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Council made a real difference in speaking about biotechnology to foreign buyers and governments.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I see the Council as being an honest broker for biotech information \u00e2\u20ac\u201c when a foreign country wants to know more about biotechnology, they find the Council to be a good source.\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n

Even more rewarding, according to Tobin, was his time on the Value-Added A-Team.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That evolved into helping to find markets for DDGS [distiller\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dried grains with solubles],\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd Tobin said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Today that has evolved to where there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an ethanol team that has added even more horsepower to the effort.\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n

Summing up his experience, Tobin said he sees the Council as a unique organization that brings together diverse groups at the same table for a common purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have the grower groups that are major contributors both in leadership and financially, we have agribusiness, academics and people with government responsibilities who get involved,\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd Tobin said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Council allows for broad discussions at the same time you can get involved in very specific analysis and hands-on projects. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really unique in our industry.\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrating 15 years of U.S. Grains Council (USGC) experience, Monsanto Company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jim Tobin was honored this week during the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 55th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting in Montreal, Canada. During his tenure, Tobin has found the Council to be a unique organization that does especially important work during difficult times. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When commodity prices are high … <\/p>\n