Slideshow: Trade Summit 2016

Posted by Dan Jacobs|23 August 2016

AgriBusiness Global’s Trade Summit, which celebrated its 10th anniversary with the 2016 edition, was the biggest yet with 750 attendees from 45 countries. This year’s show was held at the Caribe Royale hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA, 17-19 August. The Trade Summit helps fulfill the magazine’s goal of bringing to buyers and sellers of crop protection products. Here are just a few scenes from this year’s Trade Summit.

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AgriBusiness Global's Trade Summit, which celebrated its 10th anniversary with the 2016 edition, was the biggest yet with 750 attendees from 45 countries. This year's show was held at the Caribe Royale hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA, 17-19 August. The Trade Summit helps fulfill the magazine's goal of bringing to buyers and sellers of crop protection products. Here are just a few scenes from this year's Trade Summit.
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AgriBusiness Global Publisher Eric Davis introduces Pradip Dave, recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award. Here Davis shows the issue of Farm Chemicals International (precursor to AgriBusiness Global) that Dave came across which led to his interest in agrichemicals.
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Pradip Dave, Chairman of Aimco Pesticides Ltd and President of PMFAI, receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from Eric Davis, publisher of AgriBusiness Global magazine.
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Business is about developing relationships. The AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit, held this year in Orlando, Florida, USA, provides opportunities for people like Kathy Zhu (center) of Merieux Nutrisciences, to meet face-to-face with business partners.
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The AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit helps bring together manufacturers, distributors, and buyers. The trade show floor was filled with representatives from companies around the world meeting with colleagues to arrange deals.
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Attendees of the AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit learned how to build year-round business relationships by joining the AgriBusiness Global Sourcing Network.
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Julie Borlaug, granddaughter of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, Associate Director of External Relations at the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and also handles Strategic Initiatives for Corporate Relations within AgriLife Research at Texas A&M, talked about the challenges and the responsibility members of the crop protection industry must play in shaping the narrative about the benefits of agriculture.
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Kleffmann’s Dr. Bob Fairclough, keynote of Day talks about the state of the crop protection market. For the first time in six years, the crop protection market saw a decrease in growth dropping from about $60.5 billion in 2014 to $54.6 billion in harvest year 2015. Fairclough also noted that the U.S. overtook Brazil as the largest market with sales approaching $8 billion when measured at ex-company level, with Brazil lagging behind by about $100 million.
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Julie Borlaug, granddaughter of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, Associate Director of External Relations at the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and also handles Strategic Initiatives for Corporate Relations within AgriLife Research at Texas A&M, and Stephen Pearce, Global Head of Procurement office for Arysta LifeScience, share a moment before the start of the AgriBusiness Global Media Center.
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Dr. Bob Fairclough talks about consolidation and the affect it will have on the crop protection industry. Currently the Big 6 control 63% of the market. If the mergers of Bayer/Monsanto, ChemChina/Syngenta, and Dow/DuPont that same percentage will be concentrated in just three entities.
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Arsalan Ahmed, Market Manager with Eastman Chemical Company, asked Kleffman’s Bob Fairclough about his thoughts on Japanese agchem companies investing in Indian businesses.
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Dr. Susan Ferenc, with the Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology, discusses the status of OSHA relabeling requirements and the building opportunities for agrotechnology companies.
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Jim DeLisi of Fanwood Chemical discusses import trends and how the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) affects the crop protection industry and the implications of duty suspension and how it could save agchem companies millions of dollars.
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Wu Zhonghui, President and CEO of Kcomber, joins AgriBusiness Global Editor David Frabotta to talk about how Kcomber connects manufacturers to traders and buyers.
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Pradip Dave, Chairman of Aimco Pesticides Ltd and President of PMFAI, and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from AgriBusiness Global, talks about the health of the crop protection industry in India.
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Agribusiness Global Account Manager Rebecca Bartles, checks in with attendees of the Trade Summit.
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The AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit Americas is the premiere event to meet and make deals with existing and potential business partners.
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Trading business cards is the first step in the process that could lead to new trading partners.
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The AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit Americas show was a great opportunity to learn about new companies from around the world.
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Meeting and making deals with partners all day long is thirsty business. The occasional break for coffee and tea was a welcome sight.
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After a day of making deals, several attendees of the AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit Americas event join Pradip Dave (center) for some conversation and camaraderie during the Day One cocktail reception.
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Attendees of the AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit were entertained by Anti Gravity, who performed feats of strength and agility, during a reception following Day One of the show held at the Caribe Royale hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA.
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Members of the performing troupe Anti Gravity, entertained attendees of the AgriBusiness Global Trade Summit during a reception following Day One of the show.