The Nebraska Grain & Feed Association Summer Golf Tournament will be taking place on August 6 in Ashland, NE. We are a Sponsor at the event and Neil Wortmann and Phil Thiesse will be participating.

*Event Postponed due to COVID-19*

The ACI Annual Conference will be held August 11-12, 2020 at the Embassy Suites Noblesville Conference Center in Noblesville, IN. Matt Blasdel & Allen Douglass will be exhibiting.

The August USDA WASDE report is one of the most anticipated of the year. It’s typically the first report in which USDA makes significant adjustments to its yield estimates, impacting the balance sheet. The trade will also be watching to see how a recent upturn in Chinese buying of U.S. grain and oilseeds will change USDA’s export outlook for the commodities, while also monitoring the anticipated changes in global production estimates amid an increase in adverse weather in key producing regions of the world.

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) will be hosting a series of self-paced virtual lectures beginning August 17, ending with a recap and Q&A session on September 23. Richard Jelinek will be lecturing on How Grains Are Traded/Intro to Risk Management. Click here for more information and to register.

In its fourth year running, the BAFT MENA Bank to Bank Forum returns to Dubai in 2020. Building off previous years and feedback from leading financial services professionals who have attended in years past, the 2020 MENA Bank to Bank Forum will include sessions on:

• Macro-economic fundamentals in the MENA region
• Regional Payment Schemes
• IFRS9, Basel III and IBOR
• DLT and Crypto Enabled Payment Networks
• Cybersecurity and Data Sharing
• Sustainability and ESG in Trade Finance

Attending: Sameer Jaggi, Jean-Claude Ngaboyisonga

The event provides concise insight on supply, demand, price, premiums, sustainability and costs for the benefit of a highly-influential audience from the global aluminium industry. The participation of these well-known executives and decision-makers from the primary, secondary, extruded, rolled products, end use, trading and financial sectors, creates an environment conducive to networking.  Regularly attracting more than 240 senior decision-makers, representing 130+ companies from 40 countries, the event is also a great opportunity to network.

Attending: David Micallef

The Kansas Livestock Association PAC Cattlemen's Golf Tournament will be held September 11 in Manhattan, KS. We will be a sponsor of the event.

The Big Iron Farm Show will be held September 15-17 in West Fargo, ND. Exhibiting: Mitch Polzin, Lee Beer & Andrew Greene.

Das jährlich stattfindende Finanzsymposium bringt Finanzverantwortliche aus Unternehmen mit Banken, System- und Nachrichtenanbietern zusammen. Für Sie als Besucher ist es eine hervorragende Gelegenheit, einen Marktüberblick über Banken, Systemanbieter und aktuelle Trends im Treasury zu gewinnen.

Exhibiting: Jan Kolk, Andreas Belosjorow, Lucilla Rushforth, Jürgen Rödl

*Event canceled due to COVID-19*

The Association of Energy Engineers will hold their Certified Energy Procurement Professional Training Program September 21 - 23 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. Dan Conrath will be an instructor for this training session.