News & Publications

News & Publications

GEAPS’ first South American event set for October 3-5, 2023 in São Paulo, Brazil

Those in the grain industry look to GEAPS for the biggest and best show in the grain industry, GEAPS Exchange. Next year, in partnership with VICTAM International, we are bringing our members and the industry another opportunity to expand their reach in the industry. The first VICTAM LatAm, co-located with GRAPAS LatAm and […]
Published: Sep 12, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
News & Publications

MKC Cultivates Talent, Reaps Rewards

Late last month, the day after finishing his second summer working at Mid Kansas Coop (MKC), Jeffrey Garcia logged into a Teams call to chat about his experience along with others who had been in his shoes. It appeared he had uploaded a background image of a load of hay […]
Published: Aug 31, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
GEAPS Leadership

GEAPS Announces New Leadership

Chris Blair to serve as Board President; Barbara Grove is Board Chair MINNEAPOLIS, July 22, 2022 – With a new fiscal year comes new leadership. GEAPS is happy to announce Chris Blair will serve as GEAPS Board President. In his day job, Blair serves as Region 4 Manager at NEW Cooperative, […]
Published: Jul 28, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
GEAPS Exchange

GEAPS Exchange Seeks Conference Presenters 

GEAPS Exchange Seeks Conference Presenters  GEAPS Exchange Set for February 25-28 in Kansas City  Plans are underway for GEAPS Exchange, the best and biggest event in the grain industry. The event will take place February 25-28 in Kansas City, MO.   GEAPS Exchange Educational Programming Committee is at work planning educational programming and […]
Published: Jul 06, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
News & Publications

Make Plans to Attend CONVEY’22

If you haven’t yet, be sure to register for CONVEY’22. The in-person trade show and conference is scheduled for July 26-27 at the Omaha Hilton in Omaha, NE and trust us, you don’t want to miss out. CONVEY’22 features safety, operations and grain quality education topics. This is the place for grain […]
Published: Jun 07, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
GEAPS Exchange

Robotic Problem Solvers

Robotic Problem Solvers: Father/Son Team Hope to Change Ag Industry by Jessica Foster There are few things as treasured and true and a father and son spending time together working on a project. Some build tree houses together. Others enjoy building model cars while dreaming about someday buying or working on […]
Published: May 13, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
GEAPS Exchange

GEAPS Exchange Draws 2,731 Attendees to Kansas City!

If you weren’t with us for GEAPS Exchange in Kansas City earlier this spring, then mark your calendars and plan a trip to Kansas City Feb. 25-28, 2023. Missing out on the biggest and best show in the grain industry is not a mistake you want to make twice. In all 2,731 […]
Published: May 03, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
Grain Industry News

Responding to the Labor Shortage  

Responding to the Labor Shortage   NEW Cooperative Navigates Labor Shortage by Jessica Foster We’ve all heard the headlines. We have all felt the pain. The labor shortage is here; it is impacting the agriculture industry and challenges won’t stop anytime soon. But, with careful planning, strategic approaches and creative thinking, […]
Published: Apr 04, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
Membership

GEAPS Welcomes Lonestar Chapter 

GEAPS Welcomes Lonestar Chapter  For the first time in nearly 20 years, GEAPS has a new chapter.   The Lonestar Chapter, based in the Fort Worth, Texas area was approved by GEAPS International Board in January. It will begin meeting in April and you just might see them competing for corn hole glory at […]
Published: Mar 20, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad
Grain Industry News

The Labor Long Game 

The Labor Long Game The Labor Long GamePlant Seeds Early, Care For the Team You’ve Got by Jessica Foster As president of AGRI-SEARCH, Dave Allen’s full-time job is to help agricultural businesses find great employees. For the last 23 years, the longtime GEAPS member has specialized in placing people in the grain industry and […]
Published: Mar 16, 2022 by Krissy Ohnstad