The U.S. Grains Council 49th Annual Board of Delegates meeting got underway this morning with the issues session. Chairman Jim Broten of the North Dakota Barley Council welcomed the delegates to San Diego and the official start of business.

The general session gets underway shortly, starting with USDA Foreign Agriculture Service administrator Michael Michener giving an update on “Increasing Trade in an Uncertain World.”

Meanwhile, the spouses breakfast featured Lori Tiemann of Nebraska, who talked about visiting Taiwan and China last summer as part of an “America’s Hearland” special on “Journey of the Corn.”

See photos from the USGC Delegate Meeting here on Flickr.

Listen to or download an interview with Jim Broten here: