As members of the National Hay Association, traders from Fornazor International will attend the World Dairy Expo. The five day event, which is being held in Madison, Wisconsin from October 4th - October 8th, will showcase the finest in dairy genetics and the newest technologies available to the dairy industry.

On August 27th, the International Trade Market lost one of its greatest unsung heroes, Keith Tantlinger. Tantlinger is best known for designing a new shipping container used to transport commercial goods around the globe. His simple, yet effective design features a corner mechanism which locks containers together, allowing them to be lifted by crane and stacked high on top of each other on ships.

Traders from Fornazor International will attend this year's Soy and Grain Trade Summit hosted by Soyatech at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, October 31 - November 3, 2011.

The annual event will offer strategies for sustainable growth in agricultural production, processing and transportation worldwide.

This is an exciting time for the U.S. Grains Council as they have recently reported that sales of U.S. Dried Distiller Grains with Soluble (DDGS) to Japan for the year 2011 are on pace to break all-time record highs. This is much welcomed news, especially after a recent visit by a DDGS promotion team of Japanese feed, livestock and trade industry representatives to major U.S. DDGS suppliers and growers.

In the wake of Hurricane Irene, US farmers have begun to survey the extensive damage inflicted on their crops. Farms in one state, North Carolina, are now reporting significant damage to many of their harvests, including the all-important cotton crop. North Carolina is the United States' fourth-largest cotton grower, but after Hurricane Irene the state is now facing devastatingly low numbers of the popular product as well as a loss in profits.