CHESTERFIELD, Mo. The
United Soybean Board (USB) met
in St Louis, Mo. recently to re
view first-year progress, discuss
and adopt a strategic plan, and
elect new officers for the 1993 op
erating year.
The first year of the USB has
been a challenging one. Many
existing programs have continued
and new ones started.
In addition, a major focus has
been to organize the board to man
age checkoff dollars most ef
fectively. A major task was the de
velopment of a strategic plan that
will act as a road map for the or-
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Soybean Board Adopts Strategic Plan
ganization to follow in the years
ahead.
The plan, unanimously adopted
by the 63-member farmer board,
sets forth long-range goals, ob
jectives, and strategies to ensure
the coordinated use of checkoff
funds in all program areas for the
maximum benefit of soybean
farmers and the industry.
The Strategic Planning Com
mittee of the USB received input
from USB board members, repre
senting all areas of research and
promotion, state soybean boards,
industry representatives, and var
ious outside experts in order to put
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in place a plan that mandates that
USB do business like a business.
“The past 15 months were filled
with challenges as we tackled the
enormous task of creating an or
ganization to not only collect soy
bean checkoff dollars, but to de
velop a strategic plan that wisely
invests those dollars in programs
that will maximize returns for soy
bean fanners,” said Sandy Lu3e
man, USB chairman in the initial
year of the national checkoff.
“The strategic plan calls for each
and every program funded by
checkoff dollars to be thoroughly
planned and evaluated to make
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certain our investments in time
and money are on track.”
In other important business, the
USB elected new officers and Ex
ecutive Committee members for
1993.
Harold Phillips was elected
USB chairman, succeeding Sandy
Ludeman, a Tracy, Minn, soybean
farmer. Phillips was USB vice
chairman, and chaired the Com
pliance and Credentials Commit
tee during the past year.
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1993 Farm’ Show Meeting
Dates And Times
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1993
1:30 p.m. Pa. Sheep & Wool Growers, Room E
2:00 p.m. Pa. Draft Horse & Mule Association,
Room B
2:00 p.m. Pa. State Rabbit Breeders Association,
Room C
6:00 p.m. Annual Farm Show Reception & Dinner
at 7, Harrisburg
Hilton & Towers
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1993
10:00 a.m. Pa. Suffolk Sheep Association, Room C
2:00 p.m. Pa. Cattlemens Association, Room C
2:30 p.m. Pa. Hampshire Sheep Association,
Room D
6:00 p.m. Reception & Dinner at 7, Pa. Angus
Association, Holiday Inn
Grantville
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1993
9:00 a.m. Pennsylvania FFA, Rooms D & E
9:30 a.m. Dairy of Distinction, Room C
11:00 a.m. PennAg Democrafts Luncheon Meeting,
Room C
1:00 p.m. Pa. Dairymen’s Association, Room E
1:00 p.m. Pa. State Grange, Room B
3:15 p.m. PennAg Republicans, Room C
4:00 p.m. Mid-Winter Convention, Pennsylvania
FFA, Large Arena
6:00 p.m. Pa. Dairymen’s Association Annual
Meeting, Sheraton East
Harrisburg
7:00 p.m. Pa. Limousine Association, Room E
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
10:00 a.m. Pa. Milking Shorthorn Association,
Room E
11:30 a.m. Pa. Flying Farmers Association,
Room D
10:45 a.m. Annual Meeting, Master Farmers
12 Noon Awards Luncheon, Master Farmers
Association, Camp Hill
12 Noon Pa. Brown Swiss Association, Room C
12 Noon Pa. Ayrshire Breeders Association,
Room E
1:30 p.m. Horse Pulling Drivers Meeting,
Room C
3:00 p.m. Pa. Farm-City Council, Room D
7:00 p.m. Pa. Foundation Seed Cooperative,
Room B
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1993
9:00 a.m. Pa. Nut Growers, Room E
10:00 a.m. Harrisburg Area Community College,
Room B
1:00 p.m. Harrisburg Area Community College,
Room B
1:00 p.m. Pa. Maple Syrup Producers Council,
Room C
1:00 p.m. Pa. Simmental Association, Room D
2:00 p.m. Keystone Pony Pullers, Room E
6:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner at 7, Pa.
Co-Operative, Sheraton East
Potato Growers, Harrisburg
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1993
7:00 p.m. Directors Meeting, Pa. Christmas
Tree Growers, Embers
Association, Carlisle
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1993
12 Noon Winter Meeting, Pa. Christmas Tree
Growers, Embers
Association, Carlisle
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1993
8:00 a.m. Winter Meeting, Pa. Christmas Tree
Growers, Embers
800 acres of soybeans, corn,
wheat, and grain sorghum in Stev
enson, Ala. Phillips is a 23-year
member of both the Alabama Soy
bean Association and the Amer
ican Soybean Association, serving
both organizations in various ca
pacities over the years.
“While I am flattered that my
fellow board members have en
trusted me with the role of chair
man for the next year, I know that
my job has been made easier be-
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