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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 […]
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Ag Shippers Workshop to zero in on latest developments in export container shipping
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 […]
SSGA’s ‘action of opportunity’
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 […]
SSGA talks transportation, research on Michigan tour
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 […]
SSGA talks export logistics at JOC Inland Distribution Conference
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. […]
Slow grain exports impact U.S. rail, ocean freight demand
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 […]
Weather or not: SSGA sponsors soy procurement course for importers
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 […]
SSGA speaks up for identity-preserved farmers in D.C. testimony
Eric Wenberg tells USTR committee farmers need more market opportunity Identity-preserved (IP) crop farmers were represented at a hearing Wednesday about China’s compliance with its commitments to the World Trade […]
SSGA helping to improve rural infrastructure
The Rebuild Rural Infrastructure Coalition is comprised of more than 250 organizations from across the country focused on rural communities and U.S. agricultural producers. The coalition is hosted and operated […]
FMC extends public comment deadline period on interpretive rule for detention and demurrage penalties at the ports
By Bruce Abbe, SSGA strategic advisor for trade and transportation The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced on Sept. 20 it’s extending the deadline for public comments to be submitted […]
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