NGFA addresses biofuels and grain market

The conference is scheduled for Dec. 9-11 in Chicago, USA. More than 600
industry members are expected to attend the day-and-a-half conference and trade
show, which will be conducted at the Chicago Marriott Magnificent Mile
Hotel.

Established in 1896, the NGFA consists of 900 grain, feed,
processing, exporting and other grain-related companies that operate about 6,000
facilities that handle more than 70% of all US grains and
oilseeds.

Speakers to the conference will be:

• Senator Richard Durbin, D-Ill., the
  second-ranking Democrat in the Senate and a leader on food and feed safety
  policy, agricultural and trade policy and agricultural biotechnology.

• Dr. David Acheson, assistant commissioner for food protection at the US Food
  and Drug Administration.

• Marty Ruikka, a principal with the ProExporter Network, Chelsea, MI
• Blairo Maggi, the world’s largest soybean producer and governor of the state
  of Mato Grasso in Brazil

• Mike Leister, Marathon Petroleum Co. LLC
• Tom Williamson, president, Transportation Consultants Co., Leawood, KS
• Kyle Hancock, vice president, industrial and
  agricultural products for CSX Transportation Co., Jacksonville, FL

The conference will close on Dec. 11 with another major
program session focusing on market factors and grain market projections for the
coming year, featuring several top grain market analysts.

Other major
sessions during the conference will focus on agricultural biotechnology and the
status of major farm policy and international trade developments.

Among
the featured speakers are:

• Famed farm broadcaster Orion Samuelson,
  WGN Radio and Television, Chicago.

• Jeff Cox, president of Syngenta
  Seeds Inc., Golden Valley, MN

• James Wiesemeyer (invited), Informa Economics Inc.,
  Washington, D.C., who will examine prospects for the 2007 farm bill and free
  trade agreements in the coming year.

The conference also features an industry trade show on
Dec. 9-10.

Registration and conference program information is available from NGFA’s website