USDA Announces Appointments to the United Soybean Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of 22 members and three alternates to serve on the United Soybean Board. The appointed members will serve three-year terms beginning December 2026.

Newly appointed members are:

• Alabama: Sam Butler, New Hope
• Arkansas: Jason Brian McGee, Cherry Valley
• Delaware: Bob Willoughby, Jr., Middletown
• Illinois: Heath Houck, Witt
• Indiana: Joseph Stoller, Bremen
• Iowa: Brent Renner, Klemme; Tim Bardole, Rippey
• Kansas: Charles W. Atkinson, Great Bend
• Kentucky: Jonathan Reynolds, Clinton
• Maryland: Mary Kathryn Stewart, Pylesville
• Michigan: Laurie Isley, Palmyra
• Minnesota: Cole Richard Trebesch, Springfield
• Mississippi: Jon Koehler Bibb, Dundee
• Missouri: Kyle Durham, Norborne
• Nebraska: Greg Greving, Chapman
• North Dakota: Milo Braaten, Portland
• Ohio: Jeff A. McKanna, Bluffton
• South Carolina: Fitzhugh Bethea, Dillon
• South Dakota: Dawn Scheier, Salem
• Tennessee: AJ Teal, Morrison
• Texas: Daniel Berglund, Wharton
• Virginia: Ronnie Gill, Tappahannock

Newly appointed alternates are:

• Alabama: J. David Wilson, Lincoln
• Delaware: Richard Wade Dickerson, Laurel
• South Carolina: David Owens, Mullins

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) United Soybean Board webpage and on the United Soybean Board website, unitedsoybean.org.

Since 1966, Congress has authorized 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 21 boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.

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