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Kate Miller, communications director for Stand Up Republic Arkansas, is a third-generation rancher, a tenured meat processing professional and has a development background in global trade.

Heritage Iron Magazine was founded in 2008 in order to fill a need for those interested in muscle tractors. Heritage Iron features all brands, all makes, and all models of muscle tractors from the 1960’s to mid 1980’s including the equipment used by the tractors. Each issue highlights a featured tractor and presents a detailed account of the tractor, its attributes, its history, and its owner. Other regular features in the magazine are machinery milestones, letters to the editor, equipment and company history, classified ads, auction results, an editor’s page, farm toys, literature and memorabilia.

Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology. The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in the high-value commercial seeds market. Sales in 2006 were approximately $8.1 billion. Syngenta employs around 21,000 people in over 90 countries. Syngenta is listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SYNN) and in New York (SYT). Further information is available at www.syngenta.com.

Cyril Cogniard is a French explorer touring farms in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. He grew up on a farm in Champagne-Ardenne, France where his family grows wheat, malting barley, rapeseed, sugar beets, lucerne and maize on 600 acres. Cyril, 25, is a farm advisor for the French agricultural advisory firm Centre d’Economie Rurale (CDER).

“As the Sun Rises” is an early morning grain report brought to you by the agricultural specialists at MF Global. This daily 6:30 am report is your first look at the grain markets and the ongoing fundamental and technical factors driving prices. Each and every morning, host Adam Vrabel delivers a wake up call with an in-depth look at the upcoming day’s events. This report is geared at bringing you the first look at the issues effecting agricultural futures giving you a concise and stimulating outlook hours before the opening bell. The program intends to stimulate ideas and inform the agricultural community each and every morning. For more information call Adam at (312) 663-7666 or email him at avrabel@mfglobal.com.

Greg, a fifth-generation family farmer, grows soybeans, alfalfa and corn and has a cow/calf operation near Newman Grove, Neb. Greg received his appointment to USB in 1999 and currently serves as an ex-officio member of the USB Executive Committee and as a member of the Domestic Marketing Committee. Greg’s previous leadership roles with USB include service as USB Immediate Past Chairman, USB Chairman and Vice Chairman, as well as chair and vice chair of the Communications Committee and team lead for the Biobased Products Initiative. He has also served on the Domestic Marketing Committee, Budget Allocation Model Working Group, Biotech Task Force, Planning & Allocation Working Group and Budget & Finance Committee. Greg is a board member of the U.S. Soybean Export Council and a member of the QUALISOY Board. He has been a member of the Nebraska Soybean Board for 12 years, serving as chairman, vice chairman and treasurer, and is currently an ex-officio member. Greg is also a member of the American Angus Association and is active in his local church and community. He attended Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minn.