On October 21-23, 2013, over 650 buyers and sellers of oilseed products and feed grains attended from 30 states and 25 countries at the 8th Annual Oilseed & Grain Trade Summit in Minneapolis, MN. They heard more than 60 industry experts, including, Wade Barnes, Founder, President and CEO, from Farmers Edge, Carl Casale, President and Chief Executive Officer from CHS Inc., and Susan Grelling, Vice President, Member Relations and Chief Commodity Risk Officer from Land O'Lakes present cutting-edge knowledge and discuss industry trends in nearly 30 sessions during the three-day Summit. Topics covered included: Food and Healthy Oils, Feed, Transportation, Production, Processing, Trade Financing, and Risk Management. Attendees were complimentary about both the format of the Summit, and the networking that the event provided for them to develop concrete business opportunities. “This has become one of the must-attend events in the industry,” said Eric Jackson of Conservis in Minneapolis. Abigail Hiles, Agriculture Sales Manager of Romer Labs, a participant of the event over the past six years, concurred, "We feel we benefit from the international attendance. We are able to meet with current and potential clients. We have met a lot of people here that we wouldn't have been able to meet at other conferences. We really enjoy it." To view the 2013 website, please click here.
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28 Power Communications 3D Corporate Solutions 4B Components Ltd. 4H Hennepin Hoofbeats 7-Eleven, Inc. A R Animal Health Ltd A.P. Moeller - Maersk Group A-1 Hoop Abalioglu Yem Soya Tekstil A.S. ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago Abrange - Brazilian Association of Non-GMO Grain Products ACSOJA Adas Shawqi & Partner Co. Adecoagro Adewura Farms Ltd ADM - Benson Quinn Co. ADM Grain ADM Investor Services, Inc. Advance Trading AEC AEP River Operations AEW Agriculture Affton Trucking Company AG Processing Inc Ag1Source agAdvance AGC AGC International, Inc Agniel Commodities Agralytica Agramericas, Inc. Agrex Inc. Agri Drain Corp. Agri Multicom Traders Corporation Agri Networks Management, LLC Agri Port Services Agricultural Industries Confederation Limited (AIC) Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI Ag Innovations) Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Agriculture Transportation Coalition Agridyne, LLC Agri-Fine Corp. AgriLogistics AgriMarketing Agrineva LLC AgriNews Publications Agri-Pulse Communications Agritecno Fertilizantes- JASOL Agri-Trend Agrocentre Belcan Inc. AGROPECUARIA EL SURCO, S.A. Agropollo Polanco Agspring AgStar Financial Services, ACA Ajinomoto Heartland LLC Akhras Group of Companies Al Ghurair Resources LLC AL JAZEERA AGRICULTRE COMPANY Alberta Wheat Commission Al-Estesharia for Poultry & Feed Company Alex Co. for Seed Processing & Derivatives SAE Alexander County Aleya Feeds Ltd Alf Chtouka Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH ALFRED C. TOEPFER INTERNATIONAL (POLAND) Spzoo ALIMENTACION BALANCEADA CA Alimentos Balanceados Lorgam, S.A. de C.V. ALIMENTOS FINCA S.A Alter Barge Line, Inc. Alter Logistics Company Altmar Enterprises America Corretora America Pak American Farm Bureau Federation American Feed Industry Association American Meat Institute (AMI) American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) American Pacific International Capital & Guangdong Huamei Oil & Fat Co., Ltd. American Palm Oil Council American Port Holdings, Inc. American Soybean Association American Soybean Association - International Marketing (ASA-IM) American Soybean Association - International Marketing (ASA-IM) / USGC Vietnam American Soybean Association - International Marketing (ASA-IM) /USSEC American Soybean Association (ASA) An Phu Linh Company Annie's Inc APL APL Limited APROSOJA - Mato Grosso Soybean Growers Association Arby's Supply Chain Coop (ARCOP) Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) Archer Financial Services Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board Arlington Publishing Armstrong Teasdale LLP Arreff ARREFF Terminals, Inc. ASA-IM ASA-IM China ASA-IM Japan ASA-IM USSEC ASEMAC Asociacion de Fabricantes de Alimentos Balanceados (AFABA) Asoyia Associated Terminals ASSOCOM-India Pvt. Ltd. aT Grain Company Atlas Commodity Markets, LLC Auburn University Aventine Renewable Energy, Inc. Bangkok Produce Merchandising Public Co., Ltd. Bangladesh Soybean Association BSA Bank of the West Banner Engineering Corp. Barchart.com Inc. Barclays Capital Inc. Barclays Capital Inc. / Barclays Bank PLC Bardole & Sons BASF Battelle Memorial Institute Bayer CropScience LP BBI International Beijing Eisen-Lubao Oil Co. Ltd Benchmark International Shipping Company, Inc. Benchmark Worldwide Logistics, Inc. Bepex International, LLC Bernard Matthews Betagro Public Co. Ltd. Bilfinger Water Systems (Johnson Screens) BinMaster Level Controls Bioenterprise Capital Ventures Bismarck-Mandan Development Association Blue Water Shipping Company Bluegrass Farms of Ohio, Inc. BNP Paribas - Leveraged Finance Group BNSF Logistics BNSF Railway Company BOCM Pauls Ltd. Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario borg alarab for industries Borton LC Bounty Fresh Food Inc. Bratney Companies Bratney Companies, Inc. Brazil Soybean Ambassador Program Bridge2Food Broadgrain Commodities Inc Brookfield Brasil Bruker Bruker Optics, Inc. Brushvale Seed, Inc. Bryant Christie Inc. Buenaventura Grupo Pecuario, SA de CV Buffers USA Buhler GmbH Buhler Group Buhler S.A. BULK-FLOW Bunge Limited Bunge North America, Inc. Burcon NutraScience Corp. Burcon Nutrascience Corporation Burnett Commodities, Inc. Buyou Shokuhin Co., Ltd C & D (USA) INC. C.H. Robinson Company C.L.A Intertrade Co.,Ltd. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Calaway Cascade Ag Trading California Department of Food and Agriculture Caltex B.M.H. Systems Canadian Grain Commission Canadian International Grains Institute Canadian National Railway Company (CN) Canadian Soybean Council Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) Canola Council of Canada Caramuru Alimentos Ltda. Cargill Cargill Animal Nutrition Cargill Biofuels Cargill de Honduras S. de R.L. Cargill Goscna Cargill Inc Cargill Inc. Cargill, Inc Cargill, Inc. Cargill, Incorporated Cebu Agriplus Worldwide Enterprises CEFETRA POLSKA Spzoo Cehave Landbouwbelang Voeders Celena Alimentos Center for Crops Utilization Research Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education Center for Veterinary Medicine CenterPoint Properties Central Agropecuaria S.A. de C.V Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Central Union Oil Corporation Ceres Commodities LLC Ceres Commodities Pvt Ltd Ceres Commodities Pvt. Ltd. Ceres Consulting, LLC Ceres Partners LLC Ceroilfood (New York) Inc. CFT Corporation Chang-Chi Foodstuff Factory Co., Ltd. Changzhou Lihua Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Charleston/Orwig, Inc. Charm Sciences Inc. Charoen Pokphand Charoen Pokphand Enterprise Co. Ltd. Chengdu Dadhank Bio-Tech Co., Ltd Chicago Council On Global Affairs Chicago Pizzeria Uno China Dakota Trading Company China Shipping (North America) Agency Chinatex Grains & Oils Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. Chinatex Grains and Oils Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. Chinatex Grains and Oils USA Chi-Sheng Forage Co., Ltd ChristDel Corporation CHS Hedging CHS Hedging, Inc. CHS Inc. CHS Industries, Ltd Cicalim Citi Energy Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Limited Citizens LLC City Group of Industries CJ America, Inc. CJ International Asia Pte. Ltd. CJS TRADING CO CJS Trading Co. Clariant Corporation Clariant, Formerly Sud-Chemie Clarion Capital Partners Clarkson Grain Company, Inc. Cleveland Research CMA CGM (America) LLC CMA CGM (America), LLC CME CME Group CN WorldWide North America Coastal Commodities Coastal Commodities, Inc. CoBank Cobasa Grupo Logastico Codefine COFCO COFCO Eastocean Oils & Grains Industries (Zhangjiagang) Co. ltd. COFCO Oilseeds Processing Division College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Columbia Grain, Inc. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commodity Markets Council (CMC) Commodity Specialist Company Commodity Specialists Company CONAFAB ConAgra Foods, Inc. Concentrados Almosi Confederacion Espanola de Fabrica“es de Alimentos Compuestos (CESFAC) ConnOils LLC ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips Specialty Solvents Conservis Consolidated Grain and Barge Company (CGB) Consulate General of Canada Consulate General of China - Chicago ContainerPort Group Context Cooper T. Smith Stevedoring Co., Inc. Cooperative Plus Inc. Corn and Soybean Digest Cornerstone Systems Corporacion Agropecuaria del Cibao CorrPak Bulk Packaging Systems, LLC COSA Xentaur Cosco Container Lines America, Inc. Cotecna Inspection SA Cotecna Inspections, Inc. Cottonwood Trading LLC Covington & Burling LLP CPG Distribution Services Crawford Grain International Inc. Crossroads Logistics Crown Iron Works Co Crown Iron Works Company C-TEC, Inc. Cultura Technologies CustomWeather, Inc. Cycle Link (USA) Inc. Dakota Pride Cooperative Dakota Specialty Milling Dale Crawford Farm Dalian Haitian United Bio-Tech Co. Ltd. Dalian King-Hedger Commodity Trading Co. Dalian King-Hedger Commodity Trading Co., Ltd. Dalian Nisshin Oil Mills Ltd. Dalian Nisshin Oil Mills, Ltd. Daoud For Agricultural Development Daoud Trading Co. Darling International Davenport Dryer, LLC De Heus Sp. z o.o. Dean Foods Co. DeBruce Grain, Inc. Degesch America, Inc. Dekso International LLC Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Desmet Ballestra North America, Inc. DG Global Inc. DICKEY-john Corporation Dimmitt Corn Mill, LLC Direccion de Industria Divine Engineering, Inc. DLC Consulting DLG Group Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Donaldson Company, Inc. Dongling Grain & Oil Co., Ltd. Dongling Grain Co., Ltd Double River Forwarding Dow AgroSciences Dow AgroSciences Canada Dow AgroSciences LLC Dow Jones News Service DSM Food Specialties DTK Corporation DTN/The Progressive Farmer Dualtec Enterprise, Inc. Duluth Seaway Port Authority Dunavant Cotton Dunavant Logistics Group, LLC DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition DuPont Pioneer Dupont Research & Development DuPuy Storage & Forwarding Corporation Dutch Mill Co., Ltd Dutch Mill Co.,Ltd Dutch Mill Co.,Ltd. Earthwise Processors LLC Eccus EGrain Inc. EGT, LLC Egyptian Poultry Association Eka Software Solutions Eka USA Inc El Encanto Inc.dba Bueno Foods Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. Embassy of Brazil Embassy of Mexico Embrapa eMerge Genetics by Schillinger Emmert & Sons Enerfo Pte. Ltd. Entira EnviroLogix Inc. Environmental Packaging Technologies Enviropak Ethiopian Pulses, Oilseeds, Spices Processors Exporters Association Eurofins Eurofins GeneScan Eurofins Qta, Inc. Eurofins Scientific, Inc. European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC) Euro-Tramco B.V. Evonik Degussa Corporation Ewos AS Exelon Constellation Express Chem Faegre Baker & Daniels LLP Faegre Baker Daniels LLP Family Farms, LLC Farall—n Aquaculture, SA de CV Farbest Brands Farm Credit Council Services, Inc. Farm Futures Farm Journal Media Farm Journal/Top Producer Farm Progress Companies Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company Farmers Edge Farmers Grain Elevator FarmWeek FarmWeek/Illinois Farm Bureau FC Stone Federal Maritime Commission Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Federation des producteurs de cultures commerciales du Quebec FEEDCO Feedmix Yemen Feed Co. ltd. FinnProtein Oy FOCI - Fats and Oils Competitive Intelligence Food and Agricultural Policy Institute (FAPRI) Food China Co. Food China Company Food Protection Alliance Food Village Ltd Forage Genetics International Forceman International Development Group Inc. Formosa Oilseed Formosa Oilseed Processing Co., Ltd. Fornazor International, Inc. Fornazor Int'l Inc. FOSS Foster Commodities Fr. Meyer's Sohn North America LLC Fr. Meyer's Sohn North America LLC (FMS) Fujian Haixin Group Co., Ltd Fujian Sunner Group Co., Ltd Fujian Zhangzhou Baijia Industry Co., Ltd. FUJII Co. Futures International Futures International, LLC. Fwusow Industry Co., Ltd. G&D Integrated Trucking G&G Agroindustrial GAI Galloway & Associates, LLC Galtere Ltd. Gamet Manufacturing Incorporated Ganaderos Asociados de Queretaro, S.A. de C.V. (GAQSA) GANS, Inc Gavilon Grain, LLC GEA Westalia Separator, Inc. General Atomics General Milling Corporation General Mills, Inc. Generation Reward Consult LTD Genetic ID, Inc. Genscape, Inc. Gentraco Georgia Ports Authority GEOSYS Inc. GFI Holdings Ltd Gic Redima Cameroon Give And Go Prepared Foods Corp. Glacial Lakes Energy Global Aquaculture Alliance Global Environmental Ethics Counsel (GEEC) Global Grain Global Industries Inc. Global Talent Solutions GlobeRunners, Inc. Goldman Sachs & Co. Gomei Shoji Co., Ltd. Grain and Feed Association of Illinois Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA (GIPSA) Grain Millers Specialty Products Grainrus Graminex L.L.C. Gray Plant Mooty Great Plains Logistics Management Great Plains Oil & Exploration - The Camelina Company Great Wall Enterprise Co., Ltd. Greater Des Moines Partnership Green Spot (Thailand) Ltd. Greenfeed (Vietnam) Co. LTD. Greenfield Ethanol GREENSPOT, Co.Ltd. Groupe CASAGRAINS Groupe ONAB Gruma Corporation Grupo GOF Grupo Industrial Cuadritos Biotek, S.A. de C.V. Grupo KOWI Grupo NUTEC GSI Group LLC Guangdong Haid Group Co., Ltd. Guangdong Haid Group Hunan Haid Bio Feed Co. Ltd. Guangdong Huamei Oil and Fat Co., Ltd. Guangdong Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd. Guangzhou Aoyng Enterprises Co. Ltd. Guilherme Kummer Fiagril Ltda H & B Conditioning H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc. H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & SONS Hain Celestial Hakan Agro Halifax Grain Elevator Limited Hamlet Protein A/S Hanfeng Huayu (Beijing) International Trade Co., Ltd. Hanjin Shipping Hapag Lloyd Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. Harbin Pufan Feed Co. Ltd. Harris Crane Inc. Harvest Innovations, LLC Hashem Brothers for Essential Oils Heatec, Inc Helm de Mexico, S.A. Henan Dacheng Extruded Feed Co., Ltd Hendrick AgriFoods Hendrick Seeds Hennenfent Consulting Hensall Dist. Co-operative Inc. Heron Trading Co., Ltd. Hi Roller Enclosed Belt Conveyors Hi Tech Feeds (Pvt) Ltd Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. HMIC McEachern International Hongyi Grain & Oil Resources Co. Hopefull Investment and Holding Ltd. (Hebei Hopefull Grains & Oils Group) Horizon Lines, LLC Hornor Resources (International) Company Ltd. HSI Systems / Union Iron Works Huff Communications Hung Phat Huron Commodities Inc. Huron Commodities Inc. USA I.P.D IACA IBM Icarus Trading Illinois Corn Growers Association Illinois Farm Bureau Illinois Soybean Association IMANAKA LTD. IMS Marine Surveyors & Analytical Laboratories Ltd In Vivo Nsa Independent - Jeffrey Haas Independent Supply Chain Logistics Consulting Indiana Crop Improvement Association, Inc. Indiana Soybean Alliance, Inc. Indiana State Department of Agriculture Indonesia Trading Company (ITC) Industrial Networks Industrializadora de Olefinos Industries Centers E.O.D LTD Industry Expert/recently retired from Frito Lay Informa Economics, Inc. Inland Empire Milling Co. Inland Empire Milling Co., Inc. Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals InnoPhase LLC Inspectorate America Corporation Insta-Pro International INTA Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. Integrative Nutrition, Inc. Intelliair, LLC Inteqc Feed Co. Ltd. Interbulk Trade LLC IntercontinentalExchange IntercontinentalExchange ICE International Feed International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) International Grains Program Kansas State University Interstates Companies Intertek Intertek Agri Services Intertek Caleb Brett Intertek Sustainability Services USA Intertek Switzerland InterVISTAS Consulting, Inc. INTL FC Stone Securities Intl FCStone INTL FCStone Inc. IOM Grain Iowa Economic Development Authority Iowa Farmer Today Iowa Soybean Association Iraqi Poultry Producers Association ITOCHU International Inc. J E Sullivan Enterprise, LLC J L Commodities, Ltd. J. R. Simplot Company Jackson Kearney Group / Coastal Cargo James Callan Associates James Farrell & Co Japan Soymilk Association Japfa Comfeed International Pte. Ltd. JBS USA, LLC JGG America Inc. Jiangxi Great Enterprises Co. Ltd. Jiangxi Liteli Industry Co., Ltd Jiangxi Maochang Enterprises Co. Ltd. Jiangxi Wangda Bio-Tech Co., Ltd Jilin Agricultural Univeristy Jilin Dalong Feed Co., Ltd Jilin Grain Group (JGG) America Jilin Grain Group Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd Jilin New Fangyuan Animal Husbandry Sci. Co., Ltd Jira Agro Trade Co., Ltd. Jiusan Oils and Grains Industries Group Co., Ltd. John Thompson & Sons Limited Jordan Vegetable Oil Industries Co. JPMorgan JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Futures Inc JPMorgan, Private Equity Juprope K Line America, Inc. Kansas State University Kennametal Kerry Ingredients & Flavors Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Kerry Oils & Grains (Tianjin) Ltd. Kerry Oils & Grains (Yingkou) Ltd. Key & Company LLC Keygene Inc Khan Trade International Kiewit Instructure South Co. Kikkoman Foods Inc. Kincannon & Reed Kit Bond Strategies Knewtson Soy Products / Advantage Brand Soybean Seed Knight Kona Blue Water Farms Korea Ag Trade & Info Center Kosar Company for Agriculture & Poultry Ltd Kraft Foods Krungthai feedmill public Co., Ltd. Kubanagro-Priazovye, LLC Kubanagroprod Kubanagro-Pryazovye LLC Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Kuehne + Nagel, Inc. KULA Oil Kumagro/Don Mario Kwee Gee Pte Ltd Lai Thieu Feedmill Company Lakeland Companies Lambert International Airport Land O'Lakes Land O'Lakes Inc Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC Landmark Services Cooperative Lansing Trade Group, LLC Lanworth Inc. Lanworth, Inc. Lathrop & Gage Lawgix International Lee Feed Mill Co. Ltd. Legacy Building Solutions LeMar Industries Corp. Leon Lereya Dis Ticaret Ltd. Sti. Lianyungang Jinling Feed Co. Ltd. Liaoning Export Trade Co. Ltd. Liquats Vegetals, S.A. Livingston International Livingston International Inc Lizmary Agroindustrial SRL Loders Croklaan North America London Agriculture Commodities, Inc. (LAC) London Forfaiting Americas Inc Los Angeles Harbor Grain Terminal Louis Dreyfus Commodities Louis Dreyfus Commodities Asia Pte Ltd Louisiana Dept of Agriculture Louisiana Farm Bureau Luxtrade GmbH Lymac International Ltd. M.H. Macleod & Co. Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc. Macquarie Commodities (USA) Inc Maersk Line Malaysian International Trading Corporation Sdn Bhd (MITCO) Maljohn Plastics Company Mallory Alexander International Logistics MANA, Inc. Manitoba Pulse Growers Association Manitoba Trade and Investment Manna International Inc. Marabel Marine Inspection LLC Marisol International Market Place Commodities Limited Marketpoint Enterprises Inc. Marubeni America Corporation Mato Grosso State MB Commodities MBK Capital Management McCaulay Dalton & Co. McDonald Pelz Commodities McDonald Pelz Global Commodities LLC McGathey & Co MCM Enterprises MDA Information Systems, Inc. MDT Controls, Inc. Medimix Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc. Mercer Soy MGM Business Partners, Inc. Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee