USDA Announces Appointments to the United Soybean Board

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 alternates 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 alternate is:

• 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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