An SSGA delegation recently travel to Japan to attend the Natto Awards Ceremony and present an award for the best natto made with U.S. soy. Tom Taliaferro of Montague Farms, Jordan Atchison of Puris and SSGA's Eric Wenberg also got a soba (buckwheat noodles) making lesson.

This week's #plant24 update comes from Jeff O'Connor, farmer and director with the Illinois Soybean Association Association. 'This week in NE Illinois has been a repeat of the last five, a couple days of nice progress and then rain abruptly halting that momentum for the balance of the week.' (1/4)

Read about growing conditions for identity preserved crops in our latest IP Crop Network report. Thanks to our writers from IL, KS, MN, MI, MO, ND and WI for their contributions this month. soyagrainsalliance.org/2024/05/14/ip-…

SSGA's five action teams provide direction to the SSGA board in their area of expertise: Specialty Grains, Food Grade Soya, Competitive Shipping, Governance/Membership and Agronomy. If you're interested in joining an action team, learn more here: soyagrainsalliance.org/action-teams/

Many valuable meetings and conversations took place at Transportation Go! this March. Highlights from each speaker and takeaways from the conference are now available in our recap booklet: transportationgo.com/transportation…

Planting in Missouri is off to a great start!

Executive Director Eric Wenberg continued his travels to members with stops at Hang Tung Resources and a new member and user of the U.S. Identity Preserved mark, The DeLong Co., Inc.. Thanks for welcoming SSGA!

SSGA's Eric Wenberg has been traveling along the Midwest this week, meeting with members and catching some of #plant24 . Eric caught up with the Pence Group, IOM Grain, IN Crop Improvement, US Nisshin Shokai and WeFarm Organics. We love the @USIDPreserved sticker on Rob's truck!

Read the latest on soybean imports from Argus Media, the energy and commodity price reporting agency, in their monthly report for SSGA's Enewsletter. Organic soybean imports in April are estimated at 3,400 MT, down 90% from March. Full report: soyagrainsalliance.org/2024/04/23/arg…

Our final video for #SoyFoodsMonth features Bryan Severs, a grower of U.S. Identity Preserved soybeans. Bryan serves as the SSGA secretary/treasurer and on the Illinois Soybean Association board. Thanks for celebrating soy foods with us this month from the fork to the farm!

“It was really incredible to talk and get feedback on our concrete achievements. No other organization has returned investments to its members like SSGA has,” said Eric Wenberg after SSGA's meetings in Washington, D.C. with legislators and ag leaders. soyagrainsalliance.org/2024/04/23/ssg…

It's #SoyFoodsMonth ! Celebrate with us as we learn more about soy foods from the fork to the farm. Gaurav Agrawal of Shree Radhe Rani International Trading in Nepal discusses why soy foods are important for his company and customers.

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. (GLS) understands the vital movement of agricultural products throughout the global supply chain.

Recently, GLS’s Deputy Administrator Anthony Fisher and Great Lakes Regional Representative Peter Hirthe presented at the Transportation Go! Conference hosted by

SSGA's Adviser for South Asia, Phil Shull, traveled to Nepal to celebrate the first sale of U.S. identity preserved soy to South Asia. The sale represents a success of relationships formed at our Identity Preserved International Summit in Jan. 2023. soyagrainsalliance.org/2024/03/26/ssg…

Happy #NationalAgDay !

Thanks to all sponsors, speakers and attendees of our annual meeting and Transportation Go! this week in Toledo, Ohio. We look forward to hosting next year's events, March 11-13 in Minneapolis.

Thanks to Commissioner Max Vekich of FMC and member Michelle Schultz of the Surface Transportation Board for presenting at #TransportationGo24 . Max even wore his Lake Erie tie for the occasion! 👔

Mark Stewart of Agriculture Future of America is kicking off Day 2 of #TransportationGo24 . He’s presenting about attracting the next generation of transport/logistics talent. We’re proud to have some of that next generation in attendance: supply chain management students from The University of Toledo.

Thanks to Thomas Winston, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority CEO, and Kate Fineske, National Museum of the Great Lakes executive director, for their remarks at our #TransportationGo24 reception. Kate was one of several WISTA International members in attendance.

Our Day 1 presenters at #TransportationGo24 , including ODA’s Tracy Intihar, a panel of trucking experts, and Hardy Pearson from Hapag-Lloyd AG, have kept the audience engaged with great dialogue.