The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of forty-two members and four alternates to serve on the United Soybean Board. All forty-two members and four alternate members will serve three-year terms beginning immediately.
Newly appointed members are:
- Arkansas
- Brad Doyle, Weiner
- Delaware
- Tim Rogers, Frankford
- Illinois
- David R. Wessel, Chandlerville
- Robert J. Shaffer, El Paso
- Indiana
- Don Wyss, Fort Wayne
- Matthew Chapman, Springport
- Iowa
- Robb Ewoldt, Davenport
- Kansas
- Keith Miller, Great Bend
- Gary Robbins, Emmett
- Kentucky
- Barry Alexander, Cadiz
- Louisiana
- Joey Boudreaux, Port Barre
- Maryland
- Travis Hutchison, Cordova
- Michigan
- Edward J. Cagney, Scotts
- Dennis J. Gardner, Croswell
- Minnesota
- Tom Frisch, Dumont
- Joel Schreurs, Tyler
- Mississippi
- Jerry Slocum, Coldwater
- Matthew N. Guedon, Natchez
- Missouri
- Tim Gottman, Monroe City
- Aaron Porter, Dexter
- Nebraska
- Victor Bohuslavsky, Seward
- Cale Buhr, Inland
- New Jersey
- Patrick Giberson, Pemberton
- New York
- Jason Swede, Piffard
- Todd O. Du Mond, Auburn
- North Carolina
- Reginald H. Strickland, Mount Olive
- North Dakota
- Matt Gast, Fargo
- Rob Rose, Wimbledon
- Ohio
- Charles William Bayliss, Mansfield
- Jerry Bambauer, Bremen
- Oklahoma
- Brent Rendel, Miami
- Pennsylvania
- Andrew J. Fabin, Homer City
- South Dakota
- Dave Poppens, Lennox
- Michael McCranie, Claremont
- Tennessee
- Ed Sanders, Franklin
- Brad Cochran, Humboldt
- Virginia
- Lynn P. Gayle, Onancock
- Wisconsin
- Anthony C. Mellenthin, Eau Galle
- Andy Bensend, Dallas
- Danny Brisky, Columbus
- Eastern Region
- Nick Kercheval, Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
- Western Region
- Ross Watermann, Vona, Colo.
Newly appointed alternates are:
- Delaware
- Bob Willoughby, Jr, Middletown
- New Jersey
- Murn Myers, Delanco
- Eastern Region
- Mark H. Kable, Charles Town, W.Va.
- Western Region
- Rod Hahn, Yuma, Colo.
The United Soybean Board has 77 members representing 29 states and the Eastern and Western regions. Each year, the Secretary of Agriculture appoints approximately one-third of all board members for 3-year terms. Nominees must be nominated by a Qualified State Soybean Board.
More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) webpage at https://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/research-promotion/soybean and on the United Soybean Board website, https://unitedsoybean.org/.
Since 1966, Congress has authorized the development of industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool their resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight of twenty-two boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.
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