BANGKOK, THAILAND — VICTAM Asia and GRAPAS Asia 2024, in co-location with Health & Nutrition Asia, enjoyed a record-breaking attendance of 8,722 visitors from 73 countries from March 12-14 at BITEC in Bangkok. The event hosted by Victam Corp. welcomed 315 international exhibitors from the animal feed, pet food, aquafeed, as well as the rice, grain and flour processing industries. Following are some of the companies showcasing their innovations.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — These are the top 10 largest US wheat-durum-rye milling companies, based on US mills and milling capacity as listed in Sosland Publishing Co.’s 2024 Grain & Milling Annual. The United States has 147 wheat, 17 durum and 12 rye mills. Total US daily milling capacity is 1,653,347 cwts, and the top 21 companies represent 96.2%.

BANGKOK, THAILAND — VICTAM Asia 2024, VIV Health & Nutrition and GRAPAS Asia are scheduled March 12-14 at the Bangkok International Trade Centre (BITEC) in Bangkok, Thailand. The event also showcases the newest equipment for grain, rice and flour milling. Following are products and services from World Grain advertisers who are participating in the event.

Members of the Canadian grain, oilseed, pulse and specialty crop value chain gathered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, for the three-day Canadian Crops Convention. Close to 300 people attended. In their presentations, speakers addressed the conference theme of “Growing Inspiration.”

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) welcomed a record 3,716 attendees from 45 states, 23 countries and nearly 1,000 companies to GEAPS Exchange, which ran Feb. 24-27 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri, US.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The Grain Elevator and Processing Society’s (GEAPS) Exchange is Feb. 24-27 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri, US.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, US — This year’s IPPE at the Georgia World Congress Center — sponsored by the American Feed Industry Association, the North American Meat Institute and the US Poultry & Egg Association — was the largest in history in terms of the number of exhibitors (nearly 1,300) and exhibit space (600,000 square feet).

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The International Processing and Product Expo (IPPE) brings together the expertise from the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), the North American Meat Institute and the US Poultry & Egg Association and includes the newest technology in the industry, networking opportunities and educational sessions on the latest industry issues. 

The tradeshow will showcase current innovations, equipment and services used in the production and processing of animal food, meat, poultry and egg products. Following are products and services from World Grain advertisers who will be exhibiting at IPPE.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The Grain Majors listed in Sosland Publishing Co.’s 2024 Grain & Milling Annual comprise the top North American multiple facility grain companies and cooperatives based on total corporate grain capacity.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — These are the top 10 US states with the most off-farm grain storage capacity as listed in Sosland Publishing Co.’s 2024 Grain & Milling Annual.

The US had 11.822 billion bushels of off-farm grain storage as of Dec. 1, 2022, up from 11.817 billion bushels the previous year. Storage has grown steadily each year from 8.5 billion bushels in 2003. Crop statistics for each state are from the US Department of Agriculture’s 2022 State Agriculture Overview.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — These are the 12 nations at which World Grain took an in-depth look through its monthly Country Focus series in 2023. Revisit the locations and the perspective they provide:

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The war between Russia and Ukraine and its impact on global grain trade continued to dominate the headlines in 2023.

Russia’s decision to pull out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and to escalate attacks on Ukraine’s grain infrastructure caused even greater instability in an already shaky global grains market. But it was just one of many important developments that influenced the global grain and milling industries this year.

The following are World Grain’s top 10 stories for 2023: