The U.S. Grains Council’s 49th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting luncheon on Monday featured two college seniors who shared their experiences as participants of the recent International Collegiate Agricultural Leadership (I-CAL) annual mission to Vietnam and China.

Amy Berry, senior at the University of Wyoming, and Michelle Euken, senior at Iowa State University, told more than 300 attendees of their “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity as two of twelve top U.S. agricultural students from eight different states who were selected for this year’s I-CAL program, a cooperative effort of The Grains Foundation and the National FFA Organization intended to help educate future agricultural leaders about export market development.

“The I-CAL program is an awesome opportunity for students to get involved overseas and really learn international markets and opportunities abroad,” Michelle told me after their presentation.

“The work that the Grains Council does is real and it helps producers here by thinking globally and solving problems that producers couldn’t do alone,” Amy says. “It definitely changed my perspective.”

See photos from the USGC Delegate Meeting here on Flickr.

Listen to or download my interview with Amy and Michelle here: