Commodity Classic is less than two months away, and growers are encouraged to...
Convention Highlights
Early Registration Discount Ends Soon
Commodity Classic is less than two months away, and growers are encouraged to take advantage of the lowest rate by registering before the early discount deadline of midnight, January 20. Registering early will save attendees up to $50. To take advantage of the early registration discount, register now at www.CommodityClassic.com. Corn, soybean wheat and sorghum [...]
Where Farmer’s Meet With Success
Corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers who attend the 17th Annual Commodity Classic, March 1-3 in Nashville, Tenn., will get the inside scoop on what’s new from the people making it happen at America’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused convention and trade show. “Commodity Classic is unlike any other agricultural event,” said Commodity Classic co-chair Martin Barbre. [...]
Vilsack To Keynote 2012 Commodity Classic
Commodity Classic organizers announced Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will join the annual convention again in 2012 as a keynote speaker. The 2012 Commodity Classic is scheduled for March 1 to 3, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn., with National Association of Wheat Growers policy committee meetings beginning Feb. 29. The annual event is the nation’s largest [...]
Defending the Thin Green Line
A famous general turned ethanol advocate has called for holding what he calls the “Thin Green Line” and members of the National Sorghum Producers should do so, too. Tom Sell quoted the line of Gen. Wesley Clark (USA, Ret.), during the NSP’s annual general session held during the Commodity Classic. “The words of Gen. Clark [...]
NAWG begins committee meetings
The 2011 Commodity Classic officially begins today, March 3, but commodity groups were already starting to gather in committee meetings to review policy for the coming year. The National Association of Wheat Growers began March 2 with the Research and Technology Committee meeting, followed by the Domestic and Trade Policy Committee, and the Environmental and [...]
Sorghum producers board confident of checkoff passage
The National Sorghum Producers board March 2 expressed general optimism about approval of the sorghum checkoff. The group, however, expressed some impatience in awaiting results of the vote concluded Feb. 28 by The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service. “We’re in a hurry up and wait mode,” said Tim Lusk, USP CEO. “We lost [...]
Food, Inc. director addresses media
The director the documentary Food, Inc., Robert Kenner said, as a society, we have monumental challenges ahead. “How do you feed everyone and how do you do it in a sustainable way?” Kenner said. He addressed a group of agricultural media professionals at the Ag Issues Forum, sponsored by Bayer CropScience. Food, Inc. has won dozens of [...]
Vilsack to speak at Commodity Classic
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture Chairman Frank Lucas will deliver keynote addresses to an expected crowd of more than 4,500 farmers during General Session at the 16th Annual Commodity Classic, March 4 in Tampa, Fla. “We are honored to welcome two of the most respected and [...]
