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Published February 01, 2010, 12:00 AM

Gallery: See For Yourself Mission to New Orleans and Atlanta


Some of the foods sampled at the Sake Cafe in New Orleans on the first night of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council's See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)

  • Some of the foods sampled at the Sake Cafe in New Orleans on the first night of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council's See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Embarking on a Mississippi River ride from the Port of New Orleans. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • The Mississippi River traffic was fairly slow the day we toured the Port of New Orleans. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • A ship is loaded with containers at the Port of New Orleans. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Another view of a ship being loaded with containers for export. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Pipe is being loaded onto a ship in the Port of New Orleans. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Empty shipping containers are stored at yards along the western side of the Mississippi River at the Port of New Orleans. Due to the economy, more empty containers are in storage than ever before. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • A Navy ship is moored on the eastern side of the Mississippi River. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council's See For Yourself (SFY) program participants enjoy the views on their tour of the Port of New Orleans. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council?s See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council?s See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council?s See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council?s See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council?s See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council's See For Yourself (SFY) program participants board a vessel for a tour down the Mississippi River. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • A barge leaves the CHS facility after being unloaded. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • CHS operations at Myrtle Grove, La. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council's See For Yourself (SFY) program participants receive a tour of the CHS facility at Myrtle Grove, La. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • The dust flies as a barge filled with winter wheat is unloaded at the CHS facility in Myrtle Grove, La. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • A barge loaded with winter wheat is emptied at the CHS facility at Myrtle Grove, La. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council?s See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • A conveyor system is used to unload soybeans from a barge and transport them for inspection and storage. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • A barge filled with soybeans is moved into position at the Bunge elevator operation at Destrehan, La. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Grain shipment operations at Bunge's facility in Destrehan, La. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • A view of the Bunge grain handling facility at Destrehan, La. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Aerial view of the Mississippi River as we departed New Orleans enroute to Atlanta. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Aerial view of the Mississippi River as we departed New Orleans enroute to Atlanta. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Aerial view of the Mississippi River as we departed New Orleans enroute to Atlanta. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Several Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council's See For Yourself (SFY) program participants pose for a photo at the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta, Ga. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • Minnesota Soybean Growers Research and Promotion Council?s See For Yourself (SFY) program, January 2010. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)
  • An aerial view of the CHS grain handling facility at Myrtle Grove, La. (Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe)