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Exporter Class

Bartlett Grain Company
4800 Main Street, Ste. 600
Kansas City, MO 64112-2597

Tel: 816-753-6300
Fax: 816-753-0062
Contact: Mr. Duncan Wilson, Soybean Merchandiser
Company Profile: Bartlett and Company, and its related companies, is a diverse, independent, family-owned agribusiness headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartlett's history dates from 1907. The grain division has 25 facilities in seven states across the Midwest; with a combined storage capacity of over 65 million bushels. Bartlett Grain Co, L.P. is a major participant in both domestic and international grain markets. The terminal elevators utilize all transportation types including shuttle and unit trains, truck, barge, and container shipments. Primary commodities are soybeans, wheat, yellow corn, white corn, specialty non-gmo corn, milo, wheat middlings, and corn distiller’s grain.

Bluegrass Farms of Ohio, Inc.
P.O. Box 57; 9768 Mill-Jeff Rd.
Jeffersonville, OH 43128

Tel: 740-426-6683
Fax: 740-426-6683
Contact: David Martin
Company Profile: Identity preserved food grade soybeans

Brushvale Seed, Inc.
1656 280 th Street
Breckenridge, MN 56520

Tel: 218-643-2311
Fax: 218-643-8110
Contact: Paul Holmen, Marketing Manager
Company Profile: Brushvale Seed, Inc., a family owned business, was established in 1980 for the production, processing and packaging of identity-preserved food grade crops. The owners of Brushvale Seed, Inc. are third generation farmers in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota and produce most of the non-GMO clear hilum soybeans that they process. Brushvale specializes in soybeans used for natto, tofu, miso, soymilk, soy sauce and other soy food products. Complete traceability of the final product back to specific fields is readily accomplished. Brushvale’s soybeans are commonly shipped in bulk, bulk totes or paper bags.

CHS, Inc. - Soy Flour
2020 South Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN 56002

Tel: 507-345-2232
Fax: 507-345-2254
Contact: Ms. Pam Schubbe, Soy Flour Sales & Product Manager
Company Profile: The forerunner of CHS Inc, Cenex Harvest States, was formed in 1998 by a merger between two regional cooperatives, Cenex, Inc. and Harvest States Cooperatives. CHS serves both food and industrial customers around the world, processing the equivalent of nearly two million acres of soybeans annually—soybeans grown almost exclusively by its producer-owners. Each day, more than 200,000 bushels of soybeans make their way through this operation to become soy flour, soy meal, refined oil and lecithin, to name a few.

DeBruce Grain
4100 N. Mulberry Drive
Kansas City, MO 64116
Tel: 816-421-8182
Fax: 816-584-2350
Contact: Scott Ontjes, Vice-President
Company Profile: The DeBruce Companies operate high speed grain handling facilities located throughout the Midwest, a fertilizer distribution network, feed mills, a bean crushing plant and retail fertilizer operations. Additionally, DeBruce trades feed ingredients and has a freight brokerage operation. DeBruce Grain de México has a trading office located in the city of Queretaro, northwest of Mexico City, to serve our international customers. An extensive trading office in Kansas City as well as traders at our facilities provides customers with market information and marketing opportunities for domestic and international business.

The Delong Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 552
601 Delco Drive
Clinton, WI 53525

Tel: 608-676-2255
Fax: 608-676-4176
Contact: Brandon Bickham
Company Description: Delong Company Inc. was established in 1929. Since then, Delong’s has become one of the largest suppliers of specialty food grade/IP/non-GMO soybeans both domestically and internationally, contracting nearly 60,000 acres of food grade soybeans annually. In addition to supplying value added soybeans, Delong’s supplies containerized shipments of commercial commodities such as (soybeans, soybean meal, corn, distillers dried grains, corn gluten meal) to the far east, totaling over 600,000 metric tons annually.

Grain Millers Specialty Products
9531 West 78th Street
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Tel: 952-983-1330
Fax: 952-829-8819
Contact: Chip Daniels
Company Description: Since 1993 Grain Millers Specialty Products has been a global supplier of non-GMO and Certified Organic edible beans, grains, oil seeds, and meals. Working directly with farmers, Grain Millers specializes in the production of variety specific IP soybeans for Tofu, Miso, Natto, and Soymilk. Soybeans are processed and shipped from the company-owned food soybean plant in South Central Minnesota, the heart of Midwest USA food soybean production. This facility is operated under strict HACCP and GMP programs assuring customers of the best possible product.

Identity Seed & Grain Company
3950 South Banana River Boulevard
Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
Tel: 321-783-7333
Fax: 321-799-0405
Contact: Melissa Huey, Chief Executive Officer
Company Profile: Identity Preserved soybeans and corn are the prime commodities that Identity Seed & Grain Company markets. ISG works together in close relationships with select seed companies to genetically produce some of the highest food quality crops. ISG maintains high quality standards by personally overseeing all aspects of production from seed selection, growing locations, growing conditions, harvesting, screening, and transportation for their customers. In addition, ISG also maintains quality control management systems.

Knewtson Soy Products, LLP
17303 State Hwy 22
Good Thunder, MN 56037
Tel: 507-278-4087
Fax: 507-278-4088
Contact: Wayne Knewtson, President
Company Profile:

Latham Farms, LLC
131 180th Street
Alexandria, IA 50420

Tel: 641-692-3258
Fax: 641-692-3250
Contact: Don Latham, President
Company Profile: Identity preserved, food grade soybeans

Lansing Trade Group, LLC
1510 West Church Street
Newark, OH 43055

Tel: 740-344-5950
Fax: 740-344-7615
Email: twilleke@lansingtradegroup.com
URL: www.lansingtradegroup.com

Company Profile: Lansing was founded in 1931 in Lansing, MI as a grain merchandising company designed to serve both grain elevators and grain processors.  Since then, Lansing has evolved into an international merchandising and transportation network with a variety of U.S. and international offices.  Our container export office works directly with farmers and grain elevators to source and load containers with soybeans as well as with freight brokers and steam ship lines to provide excellent execution for our end users.

Legacy Foods LLC
P.O. Box 1099
Hutchison, KS 67504-1099
Tel: 620-663-5711
Fax: 620-663-7195
Contact: Michael Considine, President
Company Profile: The Company, located in Hutchinson, Kansas, is one of the nation's premier producers of textured soy protein products used around the world by manufacturers of food and feed products. Food processors use textured soy protein to extend or replace meat in applications such as sausages, pizza toppings, chili, soups and fillings for burritos and tacos. Manufacturers are increasingly utilizing textured soy protein in recognition of soy's cost, nutritional, and health advantages over animal protein.

Microsoy Corporation
300 E. Microsoy Drive
Jefferson, IA 50129

Tel: 515-386-2100
Fax: 515-389-3287
Contact: Terry Tanaka, President & CEO
MicroSoy® Corporation is located in the heart of soybean country, Jefferson, IA, USA. Since 1991, MicroSoy® has been producing MicroSoy® Flakes through a patented technology. MicroSoy® products are certified non-GMO (conventional and organic), identity preserved (IP), and de-hulled soybean flakes. Taking the extra step to ensure the highest quality and consistency, we contract direct with soybean growers.

Midamar Company
1105 60th Avenue S.W.
P.O. Box 218

Cedar Rapids, IA 52406

Tel: 319-362-3711
Fax: 319-362-4111
Contact: Bill Aossey, Director
Company Profile: Midamar is an Iowa company that was founded in 1974 as an international sales and marketing company. With the combined expertise of Soyawax International and Midamar, the company now develops soy wax products to replace petroleum wax utilized as coating for fresh produce, wax cheese casings, coatings for meat boxes, fish cartons and wax paper wraps for the restaurant industry.Our Soyawax products are produced from sustainable agricultural resources to replace non-renewable petroleum waxes.

Missouri Food and Fiber
P.O. Box 647
Harrisonville, MO 64701

Tel: 816-862-6960
Fax: 816-862-8206
Contact: W.J. “Bill” Cook, CEO
Company Profile: Missouri Food & Fiber specializes in the production of identity-preserved (IP) and premium food grade soybeans, micro-filtered soy flour, soy nutriceuticals, soy beer.

NeCo Seeds
PO Box 379, 28700 S. State Rt.T
Garden City, MO 64747
Tel: 816-862-8203
Fax: 816-862-8206
Contact: Mike Cook, CEO
Company Profile: Identity preserved, food grade soybeans

Northland Organic Foods Corporation
495 Portland Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102

Tel: 651-221-0855
Fax: 651-221-0856
Contact: Craig Tomera, Agronomist
Company Profile: Develop, produce and market both Certified Organic and Conventional Non-GMO soybean seeds, whole soybeans, and soy-based food and feed ingredients (oil, flour and meal, soy lecithin and soy beverage powder). Many of Northland’s Non-GMO and Organic specialty soybean varieties were developed specifically for characteristics most desired by food manufacturers of soymilk, tofu, soy sauce, soy proteins and other soy food applications. Northland’s IP PURE® brand name reflects the traceability from “seed to plate” guaranteed by Northland’s strict Identity Preservation programs.

Owensboro Grain Company
719 East Second Street
Owensboro, KY 42303
Tel: 270-926-2032
Fax: 370-686-6509
Contact: John Wright, Vice President
Company Description: Owensboro Grain operates a solvent extraction soybean processing plant.  Unlike other soybean processors Owensboro does not market commodity soybean meal but instead has developed a value added branded soybean meal, SoyMax.  SoyMax has higher digestibility and amino acid profile than commodity soybean meals. 

Pattison Brothers
P.O. Box 670
701 King Street
Fayette, IA 52142

Tel: 563-425-3361
Fax: 563-425-4566
Contact: Chad Stannard
Company Profile: Pattison Bros. was established in 1950 in Fayette, IA. Pattison Bros. offers value-added production programs for organic, transitional, chemical free, variety specific non-GMO’s, and non-variety specific crops. These soybeans are raised for export and domestic markets targeting human consumption needs. The high protein makes them perfect for food use such as TOFO, MISO, and NATTO. Pattison Bros. works with customers abroad to find soybean varieties to specifically meet there needs as well as the needs of our farmers.

Renessen, LLC
520 Lake Cook Road, Suite 220
Deerfield, IL 60015

Tel: 847.236.5101
Fax: 847.236.5146
Contact: Fang Chi, Director Asia Market Development
Company Profile: Renessen is a leading innovator in developing improved ingredients/inputs for the feed and processing industry. Renessen uses biotechnology and breeding to produce corn and soybeans with higher levels of nutrients such as oil, protein, and amino acids that are important in feeding animals and processing grain. Renessen is a joint venture of two global leaders – Cargill and Monsanto.

SB & B Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 549
Casselton, ND 58012

Tel: 701-347-4900
Fax: 701-347-4462
Contact: Bob Sinner, President
Company Profile: Sinner Bros. & Bresnahan (SB&B) has been in production agriculture in North Dakota’s Red River Valley for more than 80 years and has been international in scope for nearly 20 years. SB&B Foods, Inc. was established in 1997 and manages the marketing and sales of an extensive line of Identity Preserved Commodities for customers worldwide. Products include Non-GMO Soybeans and Organic Soybeans. In 2004, SB&B Foods expanded its scope and established Identity Ag Processing, LLC, a new state-of-the-art cleaning facility.

SK Food International
4749 Amber Valley Parkway, Suite 1
Fargo, ND 58104

Tel: 701-356-4106
Fax: 701-356-4102
Contact: Jennifer Tesch, Marketing Manager
Company Profile: SK Food International, Inc. is a reputable import/export trading company and domestic bulk ingredient supplier. SK Food supplies a full line of Identity Preserved food and feed ingredients including Certified Organic and Conventional Non-GMO: dry beans, grains, seeds, soybeans, brans/germs, cocoa, flours, oils and vinegars, meals, sweeteners, rice products, dehulled/split soybeans and instant/quick cook drum dried powders/flakes to a worldwide market.

The Scoular Company
250 Marquette Avenue, Ste. 1050
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Tel: 612-335-8205
Fax: 612-335-8770
Contact: Doug Grennan, Senior Manager
Company Profile: Bulk loaded containerized commodity soybeans and soybean meal, identity preserved soybeans.

The Seed Company
504 Center Street
Lynnville, IA 60153

Tel: 641-527-2775
Fax: 641-527-3348
Contact: Harrison Copper
Company Profile: The Seed Co., Inc. is located in central Iowa and specializes in producing, cleaning, packaging and shipping food grade, IP handled soybeans.

SunOpta Company
5850 Opus Parkway, Ste. 150
Minnetonka, MN 55343

Tel: 810-672-9001
Contact: Rhonda Cole
Company Profile: SunOpta Co. specializes in Organic, Non-GMO and IP grains, foods, ingredients and processing services.

Unity Seed Company
3510 154th Avenue, SE
P.O. Box 567

Casselton, ND 58012

Tel: 701-347-5355
Contact: David Morken, General Manager
Company Profile: Unity Seed supplies food grade/IP soybeans

Allied Industry Class

Chicago Board of Trade
141 W. Jackson, Suite 1020
Chicago, IL 60604
Tel: 312-435-3736
Fax: 312-341-3027
Contact: Dennis Collins, Managing Director
Company Profile: The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT® ), established in 1848, is a leading futures and futures-options exchange. More than 3,600 CBOT member/stockholders trade 50 different futures and options products at the CBOT by open auction and electronically. The CBOT’s primary role is to provide transparent and liquid contract markets for its member/stockholders and customers to use for price discovery, risk management and investment purposes. These futures markets also allow speculators throughout the world to interpret economic data, news and other information and use that information to make decisions about price and enter the futures markets as investors.

Commodity and Ingredient Hedging LLC
141 W. Jackson Blvd., Ste. 1800 A
Chicago, IL
60604
Tel: 312-528-3103
Fax: 312-528-3222
Contact: Perry Iverson, Managing Director
Company Profile: Commodity & Ingredient Hedging, LLC (CIH) provides customized agricultural price management consulting services and educational programs to commercial firms and industry associations. CIH clients are primarily agricultural hedgers including crushing, trading, milling, food, feed and livestock firms. CIH offers a full array of services to meet various client needs such as: Risk Assessment, Advanced Hedge Design and Maintenance, Hedge Policy Development, Internal Reporting Procedures, Profit Margin Management, OTC Consulting, and Education and Training. CIH prides itself on the ability to work one-on-one with clients, allowing them to gain greater expertise and confidence in managing price risk and controlling margins.

Illinois Soybean Association
1605 Commerce Parkway
Bloomington, IL 61704
Tel: 309-663-7692
Fax: 309.663.6981
Contact: Lyle Roberts Jr., Executive Director and
Mike Cunningham, Farmer Director on USSEC Board Executive Committee
Company Profile: The Illinois Soybean Association has a longstanding aggressive investment campaign to build overseas markets with soybean checkoff dollars, and has funded many USB/ASA programs, including full funding of ASA’s Caribbean Office for three years, the WISHH Program, as well as funding through other organizations, including US Meat Export Federation, USA Poultry and Egg Export Council and most recently, the World Aquaculture Society. The ISA Board is a firm believer in meeting the needs of current international customers while recognizing the needs of future customers.

Indiana Soybean Alliance
5757 W. 74th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46278

Tel: 317-347-3620
Fax: 317-347-3626
Contact: Melanie Batalis, Director, External Relations

Insta-Pro International
10104 Douglas Avenue
Urbandale, IA 50322

Tel: 515-254-1260
Fax: 515-276-5749
Contact: Mr. Karl Arnold
Company Profile: Manufacturer of soybean processing equipment, expellers and presses.

Iowa Farm Bureau
5400 University Avenue
West Des Moines, IA 50266

Tel: 515-225-5421
Fax: 515-225-5419
Contact: Joel Severinghaus, International Trade Analyst

Iowa Soybean Association
454 114th Street
Urbandale, IA 50322-5410

Tel: 515-251-8640
Fax: 515-251-8657
Contact: Kirk Leeds, CEO

Iowa Department of Economic Development
200 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309

Tel: 515-242-4796
Contact: Mr. Dick Vegors, Marketing Manager Grain & Grain Co- Products, International
Company Profile: The Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) assists Iowa companies with their entry and expansion in the global marketplace. Trade specialists are available to assist Iowa companies in developing and expanding export markets by offering individual consultation, in-house training, and educational seminars. IDED has international offices in Frankfurt, Germany; Tokyo, Japan; and contractual representation in Mexico. IDED works with these professionals who assist Iowa companies in identifying international markets for their products and services. IDED also offers financial assistance to Iowa companies who wish to take advantage of international trade shows and trade missions to enter new markets.

Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
360 Pierce Avenue, #110
North Mankato, MN 56003

Tel: 507-388-1635
Fax: 507-388-6751
Contact: Jim Palmer, Executive Director
Company Profile: MSR&PC is made up of an elected board of 14 soybean producers from across the state. To keep Minnesota soybean farmers well positioned in the world marketplace, the MSR&PC invests checkoff dollars in programs that educate people in other countries on ways to access and use Minnesota soybeans.

Missouri Soybean Association
P.O. Box 104778
Jefferson City, MO 65110

Tel: 573-635-3819
Fax: 573-635-5122
Contact: Dale Ludwig, Executive Director/CEO

Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
P.O. Box 104778
Jefferson City, MO 65110

Tel: 573-635-3819
Fax: 573-635-5122
Contact: Alex Stemme, Director, Identity Preserved Products

National Association of Oilseed Processors
1300 L Street NW, Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005
Tel
: 202-842-0463
Fax: 202-842-9126
Contact: Tom Hammer, President
Company Profile: NOPA represents thirteen regular member firms engaged in the actual processing of oilseeds, and twelve associate member firms who are consumers of vegetable oil or oilseed meal, including some refiners and mixed feed manufacturers.

Nebraska Soybean Board
3815 Touzalin Avenue, Ste. 101
Lincoln, NE 68507

Tel: 402-441-3240
Fax: 402-441-3238
Contact: Victor Bohuslavsky, Executive Director

North Dakota Soybean Council
1411 32nd Street South, Suite 3
Fargo, ND 58103

Tel: 888-469-6409
Fax: 701-239-7194
Contact: Deb Johnson

South Dakota Research & Promotion Council
5000 South Broadband Lane
Suite 100
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Tel: 605-330-9942
Fax: 605-330-9956
Contact: Betty Hanson, Executive Director

Thionville Laboratories
5440 Pepsi Street
New Orleans, LA 70123
Tel: 504-733-9603
Fax: 504-733-6457
Contact: Paul Thionville
Company Profile: Thionville Surveying Co. Inc/Thionville Laboratories was established in 1961 to inspect, supervise, weigh, sample and analyze Agricultural commodities ( Soybeans, meals, pellets, wheat, corn, rice, vegetable, tropical and animal fats and oils etc. ) in the USA, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and many ports in the world through agents. Thionville is recognized as superintendents and analysts for GAFTA, FOSFA as well as analyst for the AOCS.

Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.
Ambassador One Office Center, Suite 314
10920 NW Ambassador Drive
Kansas City, MO 64153

Tel: 816-891-9272
Fax: 816-891-8969
Contact: Doug Baldwin, Director Sales & Marketing
Company Profile: Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. is a privately held corporation, headquartered with plant and corporate offices in Sabetha, Kansas, USA. The firm specializes in the manufacture of state-of-the-art commercial extrusion systems ranging in size from small laboratory and research applications to very large production applications with capacities as high as 22 tonne/hour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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