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Jun 20, 2013
ASA President Danny Murphy and Board member Dean Campbell, along with United Soybean Board (USB) Secretary Lewis Bainbridge, hosted a team of officials from the China Soybean Industry Association (CSIA), a China government-created association of soy-related industries and academic institutions. U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) Regional Director-North Asia Paul Burke, China Country Director Xiaoping Zhang, Technical Issues Director Kim Nill, and intern Elizabeth McLeod also participated.
Presentations to the CSIA team and subsequent discussion covered the ASA/USB/USSEC organizations and how they interact with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and each other; USSEC’s international marketing programs; and USB’s Domestic Marketing/New Uses/Production programs.
Following the meeting, plans were made for a group of ASA and USB grower representatives to pay a return visit to CSIA in China later this year.
Representatives of the China Soybean Industry Association learn more about the U.S. soybean industry in St. Louis. (USSEC photo by Kim Nill)
CSIA representatives along with U.S. grower-leaders and staff of ASA, USB and USSEC outside ASA headquarters. (ASA photo by Cassandra Langley)
