By Bruce Abbe, SSGA strategic advisor for trade and transportation While in Japan for the U.S. Soy Buyers Outlook Conference, Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) representatives met with officials […]
The Thailand National Hazardous Substance Committee (NHSC) has overturned their earlier decision to ban three agricultural chemicals. The Oct. 22 decision to classify glyphosate, paraquat and chlorpyrifos as Category 4 […]
By Bruce Abbe, strategic advisor for trade and transportation The Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) took part in two significant trade events in North Asia over the last two […]
Specialty Soybeans Help Grow a Profit By Matthew Wilde for Progressive Farmer Growing specialty soybeans can make a lot of dollars and sense. Ray Gaesser said it’s almost a must […]
By Bruce Abbe, SSGA strategic advisor for trade and transportation There are two big event days coming up early next month that Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) members and […]
Last week, Thailand announced it will ban the herbicide glyphosate effective Dec. 1. In a letter to Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, USDA Undersecretary Ted McKinney urged a focus on […]
With more than 300 commodities grown, Michigan boasts diverse agriculture, so it’s understandable why staff from the Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) wanted to introduce the organization to the […]
The outlook for U.S. exports and export shipper logistics challenges were the central focus of a key panel of experts at the Inland Distribution Conference held Oct. 21-23 in Chicago. […]
By Ron Sterk for World Grain Grain shippers, for the most part, are experiencing improved rail freight performance and lower freight rates, due largely to reduced demand on the rail […]
Sun, rain and then a blizzard: participants in the Northern Crops Institute (NCI) Soybean Procurement Management for Importers Course seemingly experienced each of North Dakota’s seasons in the span of […]
