1. Welcome to the U.S. Grains Council Partnerships & Possibilities

2. Developing countries 30 year growth: 528% Developed countries (ex. U.S.) 30 year growth: 36% Our Customers

3. Council Members: A Unique Partnership 26 State Checkoff Boards Corn Barley Sorghum 1 National Checkoff Board United Sorghum Checkoff Program 22 Grower Associations County, State & National

4. 26 Checkoffs Across the U.S.

5. Council Members: Diverse & Dedicated 125 Agribusinesses Life Science Seed Providers Equipment, Storage and Handling Marketing, Commodity Traders Transportation Ethanol Plants 2 State Non-Checkoff Entities State Departments of Agriculture

6. Your Global Marketing Arm

7. Council Funding Structure

8. How the Council is funded…

9. …How this Funding is Leveraged

10. A Public/Private Partnership U.S. Grains Council U.S. Department of Agriculture

11. The “A-Teams”

12. Advisory Teams, a.k.a. A-Teams 1.Key Resource to Council staff for communicating, refining Council programs 2.Key Resource for BOD for reviewing Council programs, and for incorporating BOD strategic priorities into Council programs

13. A-Team Objective A-teams exist to provide informed guidance and counsel to USGC staff and the Board of Directors, ensuring Council programs and initiatives are well-directed and effective.

14. Three-Way Communication 1.Staff provides program background and proposals 2.Board provides strategic priorities, guidance, policies 3.A-team members bring experience, expertise and input from the field

15. A-Teams 2013/2014 A-TeamLeaderStaff Liaison AsiaDick GallagherKimberly Atkins BiotechnologyJim StueverAndrew Conner MemComRex MartinMarri Carrow Middle East/AfricaPhllip McCounCary Sifferath Trade PolicySteve BrodyFloyd Gaibler Value AddedBrian ArnoldErick Erickson Western HemisphereBill ChristKurt Shultz

16. Conferences & Meetings

17. Upcoming Meetings  54th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting  Omaha, NE July 28-31, 2014  Export Exchange 2014  Seattle, WA October 20-22, 2014  12th International Marketing Conference & 55th Annual Membership Meeting  San Jose, Costa Rica February 9-11, 2015

18. Thank You