
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The Grain Elevator and Processing Society’s GEAPS Exchange 2022 got underway March 26 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri, US, with the first full day on the expo floor March 27.
With manufacturers, suppliers and customers from across the globe filling the convention center and making connections, here are some more photos from the expo from March 27 and 28.
The March 26-29 event features 45 hours of educational programming, special events and an expo with the latest grain handling and processing solutions.
The Grain Majors for Sosland Publishing Co.'s 2022 Grain & Milling Annual comprise the top North American facility grain companies and cooperatives based on total corporate grain storage capacity.
To qualify for the Grain & Milling Annual list, companies must have two or more facilities and total storage capacity of at least 6 million bushels. in 2022, there were 103 such companies. The Top 10 companies each exceeded 150 million bushels of storage.
Total corporate storage capacity includes country elevators and may not necessarily equal the sum of individual facility capacities listed in the directory. Total corporate capacity also may include storage at processing plants, which may or may not be listed in the directory.
In 2022-23, the International Grains Council’s July report anticipates worldwide wheat production to reach 770 million tonnes, down from 781 million tonnes in 2021-22, with 195 million tonnes available for trade.
Most wheat production comes from a handful of countries and even fewer are major exporters, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Here’s a look at the top 10 wheat-producing countries worldwide, based on total yield in tonnes from 2000-2020 with 2022-23 production and consumption projections.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US — Representatives of the grain and milling industries recently gathered July 10-13 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, US, for IFT FIRST, the Institute of Food Technologists annual event and expo.