BOSTON, Mass. -- Terry Vinduska, a corn farmer representing the Kansas Corn Commission, was elected chairman of the U.S. Grains Council during the council's recent 50th annual board of delegates meeting.
Vinduska succeeds Rick Fruth, a farmer from Ohio representing the Ohio Corn Marketing Program, who becomes past chairman.
Other officers elected include Wendell Shauman, representing Illinois Corn Marketing Board, as vice chairman; Don Fast, representing Montana Wheat & Barley Committee, as treasurer; and Julius Schaaf, representing Iowa Corn Promotion Board, as secretary.
Alan Tiemann, of the Nebraska Corn Board, was re-elected to the Council's board of directors. Newly elected board members include James Tobin of Monsanto; Bill Kubecka of United Sorghum Checkoff Program; and Jere White of Kansas Corn Commission.
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