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Commodity Classic Offers On-Demand Access To 2021 Special Edition Sessions

(Posted Mar. 8th 2021 at 11:10 AM by: Commodity Classic)

For more information, contact:
 
Liz Friedlander, NCGA, friedlander@ncga.com, 202-997-8427
Jordan Bright, ASA, jbright@soy.org, 314-754-1344
Josh Tonsager, jtonsager@wheatworld.org, 202-547-7800
Jennifer Blackburn, NSP, jennifer@sorghumgrowers.com, 806-749-3478
Sandra Mason, AEM, smason@aem.org, 414-298-4122

 

 Registration Deadline is Friday, March 12

 

ST. LOUIS (March 8, 2021) — Farmers and other agricultural advocates who were unable to participate in the 2021 Special Edition of Commodity Classic can still take advantage of the more than 50 educational sessions that were offered during last week’s online event.  Every session is now available on-demand.

 

Registration for on-demand access is available through Friday, March 12.  Thanks to generous sponsor support, farmers can register at no charge.  The cost is $20 for all other registrants.

 

Once registered, you will be able to view any of the sessions on-demand through April 30, 2021.  Registration is available at CommodityClassic.com. A complete list of sessions is also available on this website.

 

Highlights include a keynote address from USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, a conversation between the farmer-leaders of the four commodity associations that present Commodity Classic, as well as the ag chair of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, and executive roundtables featuring top agribusiness leaders.  Dozens of other sessions focus on topics such as marketing, mental health, weather, trade, soil health and more.  Additionally, sponsors showcase their latest innovations, services, and products.

 

A special bonus feature—not presented during last week’s event—is a conversation between the CEOs of the American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Sorghum Producers and the Senior Vice President, Agriculture Services & Forestry of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.

 

Nearly 6,000 people from 49 states and 24 countries registered for the 2021 Special Edition of Commodity Classic.  Attendees represented more than 4,000 farms.

 

The next Commodity Classic is scheduled for March 10-12, 2022, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Premier Sponsors of the 2021 Special Edition of Commodity Classic were AGCO, Bayer, Case IH, Corteva Agriscience, John Deere and United Soybean Board/Soy Checkoff.

 

Champion Sponsors were BASF and Syngenta.  Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., Kubota, New Holland, Pioneer, Precision Planting and Valent U.S.A. were Key Sponsors of the event.

 

Education sponsors for the 2021 event were Calmer Corn Heads, Inc., Compass Minerals Plant Nutrition, Farm Credit, FarmTalc, GrainChain, Inc., Pivot Bio, Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture, Soil Health Partnership, Sound Agriculture, U.S. Soybean Export Council and WinField United.

 

Special Edition Boosters included Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC, NACHURS, UPL North America, Inc., Valley Irrigation, and xarvio® Digital Farm Solutions.

 

2021 Special Edition media partners included Successful Farming, DTN, Farm Journal, Farm Progress and Agri-Pulse.

 

Established in 1996, Commodity Classic is presented annually by the American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Sorghum Producers and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.

 

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