Farmer leaders and key staff from the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) traveled to South Korea and Japan last week to participate in the rollout of the Council's 2016/2017 corn harvest quality report.

Participating in the mission included:

• Jim Stitzlein, Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., and the Council's secretary/treasurer;
• Alan Tiemann, Nebraska Corn Board and the Council's past chairman;
• Mark Seastrand, North Dakota Barley Council and the Council's Barley Sector director;
• Dick Gallagher, director for the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and the Council's Corn Sector director;
• Kimberly Atkins, vice president and COO; and
• Floyd Gaibler, director of trade policy and biotechnology.