Nashville, the Country Music Capitol of the World, will make music to your ears this January. The Grand Ole Opry? No! It’s the 2014 ASA Soybean Leadership College.

The 14^th Annual Soybean Leadership College will hit all the right notes for leadership on January 13, 14and 15 at Nashville’s Hutton Hotel.

The set list at Soybean Leadership College opens with a Monday afternoon general session with John Phipps, host of RFD-TV’s U.S. Farm Report. Phipps will discuss grain prices, national and global market demands, and how growers and associations can prepare for future trends. Tuesday morning’s general session stars Charlie Arnot, CEO of the Center for Food Integrity. Arnot will explain and explore the latest strategies to build consumer trust and confidence in the food system. The Soybean Leadership College will also showcase breakout education sessions on organizational leadership, communications and the latest issues impacting the soybean industry.

"We are thrilled to conduct the Soybean Leadership College in the Volunteer State,” said Bob Worth, Chairman of the ASA Member and Corporate Relations Committee. “The ASA Soybean Leadership College is the premiere leadership development program in the soybean industry and we encourage the states and soybean producers to attend.”

The Soybean Leadership College is open to ASA, USB and USSEC directors, state association and QSSB leaders and staff, soybean producers wanting to assume a leadership position on a state or national level and college students seeking to further develop their organizational leadership skills.

Registration for the 2014 Soybean Leadership College will open in October. For more information go to https://soygrowers.com/learn/soybean-leadership-college/.  The 2014 Soybean Leadership College is sponsored in part by the United Soybean Board, BASF and many Qualified State Soybean Boards.