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Making and keeping your commitment to providing high- quality feed products and grain to the marketplace needn’t be a daunting task. Our industry works hard to ensure all links of the grain channel chain are tempered with the resources needed to support grain quality. Join us as we check on how our industry’s associations engage and enlighten its member and stakeholder publics on quality-related issues.

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Oddly enough, whether you are searching for a business partner or looking for ways to build a commitment to boosting grain quality at your facility, the answers are pretty similar.

Fortunately, for the feed and grain industry, organizations are working hard each and every day to ensure the U.S. grain and feed industry delivers products of the highest quality to a demanding marketplace.

“During the melamine crisis, which brought quality controls and end-user safety to the forefront of the public conscience, it became abundantly clear that our industry needs to be vigilant in demanding optimum quality from ourselves, our suppliers and our leadership,” says Joel Newman, president/CEO, American Feed Industry Association. (AFIA). “Fortunately, we have industry associations which work closely with its members and stakeholders to improve our ability to deliver on the quality promise.”

Education Outreach

The AFIA and other industry associations, such as the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), have been at the forefront of educating the industry about grain quality for decades. GEAPS has been especially diligent in its education efforts with numerous seminars, written materials (including an outstanding virtual reference library) and training opportunities at regional and national conferences.