The 2019 Illinois Grain Tour brought agriculture representatives from outside the U.S. to learn the latest techniques and equipment being used to produce corn and soybeans, the nation’s two biggest crops and two of its largest agricultural exports, reports The Lewiston Tribune.
This year, 42 people participated in the tour, including 35 from Mexico, four from Vietnam and three from El Salvador.
In addition to farms, participants were also scheduled to visit GSI in Assumption, which is the world’s largest producer of steel farm bins, commercial grain storage bins and grain silos, as well as CME Group in Chicago, where agricultural commodities among other things are traded.
