Chinese Trade Delegation to Visit Beck's Hybrids

June 7, 2008

Atlanta, IN. - You are invited to join Beck's Hybrids, the Indiana Soybean Alliance/Indiana Corn, the U.S. Soybean Export Council, and the American Soybean Association International Marketing in welcoming the Chinese Soybean Buyers Trade Delegation on June 10th at 2:30 pm in touring Beck's Hybrids corporate facility near Atlanta, Indiana. The Chinese Soybean Buyers Trade Delegation consists of China's livestock producers, feed millers, aquaculture industry, soybean processors and the traders and distributors who supply their needs. The hour and a half tour will consist of the overall operation of Beck's Hybrids family owned operation, Beck's Practical Farm Research studies designed with the farmer in mind, as well as Beck's six (6) state-of-the-art greenhouses at Beck's Research and Development Center where various biotechnology trait introgressions are conducted.

"We look forward to sharing with the Chinese Soybean Buyers Trade Delegation how Beck's family-owned seed production operation produces traited and non-GMO seed products for producers across the Midwest, and how we provide practical research information to help them make decisions on their farm," said Scott Beck, Vice President of Beck's Hybrids.

Beck's Hybrids is a family-owned and operated seed company that serves farmers throughout Indiana and selected counties in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky. According to a recent media survey, Beck's ranks as the sixth largest seed company in the United States and the only one in the top six that is family-owned, making Beck's the largest family-owned retail seed company in the U.S.