Soy & Grain Trade Summit Creates Nexus of Ag Leadership in St. Louis
Record Show Floor Participation Drives Successful Trade BusinessST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: November 2, 2011 – The sixth annual Soy & Grain Trade Summit brought buyers and sellers together in St. Louis, Missouri, this week for incisive agricultural industry insight and robust, high level networking. A wide range of experts contributed their perspective to the program, including:
• Christopher “Kit” Bond, former U.S. Senator from and Governor of Missouri
• Guoqiang Yang, Consul General representing the People’s Republic of China
• Thomas Mielke, Executive Director of Oil World
This critical strategic event engaged members of the entire global agricultural value chain in discussing the trends, opportunities and challenges facing the industry, including:
• supply and demand forecasts for major commodities, vegetable oils and protein meals;
• strategies for improving trade volume and quality to importing countries around the world;
• the ability of international regulatory agencies to provide oversight on the safety of the global food and feed value chain;
• priorities in capital improvements to commodity storage and transportation infrastructure and
• emerging technological innovations for the grain and oilseed handling and processing industries.
“Participation this week by some of the most prominent and influential companies and organizations in agriculture is driving us to begin preparations very soon for the Soy & Grain Trade Summit in 2012,” said conference chair Philippe de Lapérouse, “We are looking forward to gathering the industry once again on November 5-8, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana.”
HighQuest Partners also hosted a new program, the Next Generation Ag Leadership Forum, to foster the talent of emerging leaders in agriculture. In addition, the National Soybean Research Laboratory held a concurrent scientific International Soybean Processing and Utilization Conference program, a platform for scientists involved in soybean production, processing and utilization worldwide to share their research, exchange ideas and anticipate important industry trends.
Sponsors of the sixth annual Soy & Grain Trade Summit included: ADM, Cargill, The DeLong Company, Faegre & Benson, Gavilon, Intertek, INTL FCStone, The Port of Virginia, The Scoular Company, AgriLogistics, Cablevey Conveyors, CME Group, Fornazor International, Huron Commodities, Ocean World Lines, Port of New Orleans, QED Dryers Sales & Mfg., SGS, SolArc, SunOpta Grains and Foods Group, Touton USA, Trading Technologies, and TSC Container Freight, among others.
For more information, visit www.soyandgraintrade.com or call 800-424-SOYA.
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