KANSAS CITY — Bailey Ragan, vice-president and general manager of Bunge North America Grain, and Todd Becker, president and chief executive officer of Green Plains Renewable Energy, are scheduled to speak about grain industry challenges and opportunities, and the ethanol industry, respectively, at the Transportation, Elevator, and Grain Merchants Association’s annual meeting set for Jan. 28-29, 2010, at the Marriott’s Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, Ariz. Other speakers confirmed for the meeting include: Doug J. Marchand, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority; Shailu Verma, president of Lanworth; Travis Vogler, vice-president of U.S. Bank — Food Industries Group; and Sara Wyant, editor of Agri-Pulse Newsletter. For more information visit www.tegma.org.