Survival of independent grain operations depends on long-term strategy.
Allow Feed & Grain to guide you through handling grain and employees
New Hazard Communication Standard rules align the United States with the rest of the world
Building a brand on social media is vital to being a successful competitor
How to leave your comfort zone and utilize your team to achieve ideal results
Millennials are always on their phones and never pay attention. Baby boomers don’t know how to adapt to new technology. Sound familiar? Generational tension and lack of understanding can cause phrases like these to float around the workplace.
For the first time, four different generations are working together side-by-side. Supervisors are managing people with an age difference ranging up to 40 years.
CHS Larsen Cooperative in central Wisconsin smashes volume records with two terminal expansions to meet customers’ needs
How bringing in new ideas can be win-win for employees and the company
Our customers around the world want to understand what happened throughout the U.S. crop year and how that impacted the quality of the U.S. grains available for them to buy. With the U.S. Grains Council’s Corn Harvest Quality Report and Corn Export Cargo Quality Report — and through the face-to-face meetings that help present them to customers — we are helping U.S. agriculture maintain its premium brand in the global marketplace.
But the outlook remains murky as key Congress members oppose it
Looking back on 15 years of technology improvements and remarkable leadership
Updated member services campaign to focus on Voice, Representation, Expertise and Engagement
The International Production & Processing Expo continues to grow, offering even more for the animal agriculture industry
Does your business have a crisis plan? If not, it’s time you did.
Offering producers flexible pricing options may get them to sell grain
A fire forced Egg Innovations to relocate and modernize its feed milling operations with impressive results
What you need to know to get your company compliant
I was recently sent a statement by the group Moms Across America, calling on mothers to boycott FDA-approved genetically modified salmon. The harshly toned note read, “Moms don’t want to feed their children fish genetically engineered to grow four times fatter, four times faster and to be sterile.”
The U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) job is to increase the value of trade for both our members and those who buy our products all around the globe. Since it was founded, the Council has created tailored programs that meet individual countries’ cultures and needs.
On Sept. 10, the FDA announced the highly anticipated final rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Preventive Controls for Human Food and the Preventive Controls for Animal Food.
Thanks to input provided by industry organizations, the final rules reflect some major victories for the feed industry.
CGB brings a pair of high-speed barge loading facilities online to better serve Mississippi and Arkansas grain producers
The institute awards first university research grant, continues mission
Who gets things done just the way you like them? Who does the best job? Who can you always count on to deliver? In answering these questions, deep down, many of us may feel we do things best, we do it right, and no one else can do it better! While that MAY be true — at least for certain activities and tasks — there is some finite limit on what we can accomplish as individuals.
Feed manufacturers have a new tool to verify where ingredients came from and where they’re approved
How to avoid risks from procuring grain from debt-saddled producers
This December, National Grain and Feed Association members will flock to Kansas City, MO, to take part in the single largest gathering of country elevator personnel in the nation — the Country Elevator Conference. This year’s theme, “Elevate Your Business,” is built around addressing the real-world challenges that grain industry professionals face on a daily basis like marketing, grain merchandising, making purchasing decisions and dealing with employees.
Feed & Grain continues to reach, connect and engage through old and new media alike
Cargill’s Hedrick, IA, feed mill is positioned to support local hog farmers, produce optimal output for nearby bacon processing plant.
Trade teams bring overseas grain buyers, researchers, regulators to see the Midwest in person
From the time grain comes out of a farmer’s field to the point where it is shipped from an elevator, everyone is trying to achieve a delicate balance in moisture content.
Too wet, and grain can wind up spoiling, clogging or causing any other number of undesirable situations.