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Gray to lead US Grains Council

Illinois farmer Ron Gray is the new U.S. Grains Council chairman.  Gray, who farms at Claremont, Illinois, was elected during the organization’s 54th Annual Board of Delegates meeting in Omaha.

Gray has spent almost 35 years in production agriculture and has also been a crop insurance agent for almost a decade.

As past chairman of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, Gray has been a delegate to the Council since 2002.

At the Omaha meeting, the Board of Delegates also elected the Council’s 2014-2015 Board of Directors. That body now includes:

•        Ron Gray, Chairman, Illinois Corn Marketing Board

•        Alan Tiemann, Vice Chairman, Nebraska Corn Board

•        Chip Councell, Secretary/Treasurer, Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board

•        Julius Schaaf, Past Chairman, Iowa Corn Promotion Board

•        Thomas Sleight, President and CEO, U.S. Grains Council

•        Steve Brody, Agribusiness Sector Director, DuPont Pioneer

•        Mark Seastrand, Barley Sector Director, North Dakota Barley Council

•        Dick Gallagher, Corn Sector Director, Iowa Corn Promotion Board

•        Bill Kubecka, Sorghum Sector Director, United Sorghum Checkoff Program

•        Craig Floss, State Checkoff Sector Director, Iowa Corn Promotion Board

•        Jim Tobin, At-Large Director, Monsanto

•        Jim Stuever, At-Large Director, Missouri Corn Merchandising Council

•        Charles Ring, At-Large Director, Texas Corn Producers Board

•        Deb Keller, At-Large Director, Iowa Corn Promotion Board