For over 80 years, NIOP has served the needs of its international membership representing a variety of trades. The list includes importers and exporters, samplers and weighers, transportation operators, brokers, testing laboratories, storage tank operators, processors, refiners, food manufacturers, insurance companies, soap and cosmetic firms and coconut and palm plantation operators. Approximately 130 member firms in 15 countries support NIOP with their membership.
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The NIOP Technical Committee recently met and invited the President of ISEO, Kailee Tkacz Buller and Tom Tiffany, ADM & ISEO Technical Committee Chairman,m to join and share the latest they’ve been working on. President Buller provided a regulatory and legislative update. Her Powerpoint Presentation is available here. One of the resources she reported on was the development of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) Resources Toolkit. ISEO is sharing…
American Commodities Brokerage Company is proud to announce our newest member of the team, Mr. Daniel Keefe Effective September 27, 2021 and JUST IN TIME for the AFOA Conference in Nashville, Amcom is pleased to welcome Dan to our team. Dan has experience in the Fats and Oils market in his career having worked at Tomen America (Chickasha) handling cottonseed oil, CBI Global (Cooperative Business International) who administered US government AID programs and cash trading in specialty grains and export…
American Commodities Brokerage Company and Flat Earth Risk Management, LLC are pleased to announce their partnership This new partnership will provide comprehensive expertise ranging from cash markets, risk management and market analytics to crop supply/demand and weather. Our combined proficiency will offer our clients the ability to manage their operating margin risks in commodity markets under one company and team. Our newfound collaboration will empower our clients in both decision making and resource management in all commodity cycles, and especially…
NIOP wants to help its members . . . when looking for new employees or when you have a job to be posted and shared. Help us “name” this new feature. Submit suggestions to leigh@niop.org Also, note: our first job opportunity has been posted on the website. Thank you Conagra for using your NIOP membership!
“"Being included in the NIOP organization has been beyond mine and Columbus' dreams. Just being a part of an organization that unifies and supports the industry we are all in, validates what we have been working so hard and long for. I mean this has been a very long road! We are excited as you are to be part of NIOP."”
Paulette Gagliardo, President, Columbus Vegetable Oils
”“The NIOP's 2020 Introduction to the Oilseed Industry Training was well set up, despite being virtual due to the current circumstances. It was complete, straightforward to understand and the level of knowledge of the presenters was very high.
I highly recommend it to anyone in the industry, especially to my colleagues from Latin America, who are waiting for upskilling in this work area and easily understand the US's oilseed industry”.
Jose Roberto Montenegro, President, Tropical Oil Division, AgroAmerica
“NIOP provides a platform for all edible fats & oil industry players to assemble together to network, build relationships, execute business and learn about industry trends. The conference is always diverse in the attendee base, as far upstream as producers to downstream as consumers, which adds to the breadth and depth of quality provided.”
Sandra Hulm, Conagra Brands
”NIOP, since my first conference in the early 70's, has always been a source of information and knowledge. There are many attending with a wealth of knowledge. I always leave these meetings with a new bit of information, and nowhere else will you find it!
Claude Jones, Francis-Mustoe & Company