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USGC Board elects officersThe U.S. Grains Council Board of Delegates elected new officers and directors July 25 to continue its mission of building international markets for U.S. barley, corn and sorghum and their products. The board held the election during the U.S. Grains Council's 46th Annual Board of Delegates' meeting on July 23 to 25. Vic Miller of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board was elected chairman and will provide leadership as well as speak and travel on behalf of the Council and in support of its efforts. Also elected were Dale Artho of the Texas Grain Sorghum Producers Board as vice chairman; Jim Broten of the North Dakota Barley Council as treasurer; Rick Fruth of the Ohio Corn Marketing Board as secretary; and Kenneth Hobbie of the U.S. Grains Council as the president and CEO. Davis Anderson of GROWMARK, Inc. will serve as past chairman. In addition, six directors were elected to serve two-year terms on the USGC Board of Directors. Jay Zimmerman of Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission was elected as the sorghum sector director; Gary Marshall of Missouri Corn Merchandising Council as state checkoff sector director; and Don Fast of the Montana Wheat & Barley Committee as the barley sector director. Elected as at-large directors were Alan Tiemann of the Nebraska Corn Board and Terry Vinduska of the Kansas Corn Commission. Current directors Kenneth Greene, Illinois Corn Marketing Board (at-large director), Gerry Salzman, Case IH and New Holland (at-large director), David Lyons, Louis Dreyfus Corporation (agribusiness sector director) and Tim Burrack, Iowa Corn Promotion Board (corn sector director), will complete their terms in July 2007. The U.S. Grains Council is a private, non-profit partnership of farmers and agribusinesses committed to building and expanding international markets for U.S. barley, corn, grain sorghum and their products. The Council is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has 10 international offices that oversee programs in more than 80 countries. Support for the Council comes from its members and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Date: 8/24/06
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