Board of Directors Meeting – Arlington, VA – September 11, 2019

The next meeting of the NAEGA Board of Directors will be held from 9:00am-3:00pm on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at NAEGA’s office in Arlington, VA. More details and the meeting agenda will follow in the coming weeks. 

Notice of Funding Opportunity for Market Access Program

The Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 2020 Market Access Program (MAP) was announced on the Federal Register on May 28, 2019. NAEGA is actively working on an application to secure MAP funding for the 2020 fiscal year. The application is due on June 28, 2019 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) anticipates that the initial funding selections will be made by the end of October and the initial award dates estimated to be by the end of December 2019. NAEGA relies on MAP funding for our international programming and for the operations of the International Grain Trade Coalition. Once the application is submitted, we will post a link for Members on the NAEGA Member’s Only website.

The full notice can be found here.

London Grain Week

On June 9-13 Katy Lee, Sam Bonilla and Gary are planning to travel to London to lead and participate in events during the London Grain week, including meetings with International Grain Trade Coalition (IGTC), International Grains Council (IGC), the United Kingdom’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and GAFTA.