NCGA Elects New Board Leaders
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The
National Com Growers
Association (NCGA) has
elected a new slate of com
growers to lead the organiza
tion into the next century.
Elections were conducted
during the recent National
Com Congress Aug. 5-6 in
Washington, D.C.
Moving to the helm as
NCGA President is Lynn
Jensen, who with his wife
Jodi grows com, soybeans,
edibles, and alfalfa in Lake
Preston, S.D. A farmer for 19
years, Jensen has been active
in his state and national com
growers associations for more
than seven years. As an
NCGA Com Board member,
he served as a liaison to the
Customer and Business
Development Action Team.
Leland Klein, who with his
wife Sharon raises com, soy
beans, rye, alfalfa and hay in
Battle Creek, Neb., was rati
fied by Com Congress as
president-elect. Klein, who
also manages a cow/calf oper
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ship positions at various
state and local organizations,
and most recently served on
NCGA’s Com Board.
Roger Pine of Lawrence,
Kan., moves from president
of NCGA to chairman of the
board. Pine and his wife, Sue,
grow com, soybeans and sod
in Lawrence. An active mem
ber of his state and national
organizations for 14 years,
Pine previously served as
president. At the state level,
he has served as president
and vice president of the
Kansas Com Growers
Association.
Newly elected com grow
ers to the NCGA Com Board
are:
• Greg Guenther,
Belleville, 111. - Guenther and
his wife Nancy grow com and
soybeans on their farm in
Belleville. He has served as
president of the St. Clair
Service Company for eight
years and as director of the
St. Clair County Fair Bureau
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for nine years. On the state
level, he has served as field
services, market development
and legislative chairman for
the Illinois Com Growers
Association. He is involved in
several local and state orga
nizations, and has served as
St. Mark Lutheran Church
president and vice president.
• Bill Horan, Rockwell
City, lowa - Bill and Pamela
grow com and soybeans in
Rockwell City. Bill has served
for eight years as a board
member and president of the
lowa Cora Growers
Association. At the national
level, he has spent seven
years as an NCGA board
member and is a member of
NCGA’s Public Policy Action
Team. Horan is also a board
member of the U.S. Grains
Council, representing the
lowa Farm Bureau. He was
selected by lowa’s governor
and is serving on that state’s
Value-Added Growth
Foundation. Horan served in
the U.S. Marine Corps and is
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• Richard Peterson,
Mountain Lake, Minn. -
Richard and Kathy Peterson
own a farming operation
where he and his brother
Eugene raise com, soybeans,
hogs, and sheep. Peterson has
served NCGA and the
Minnesota Com Growers
Association in many leader
ship positions. He was field
services chairman when
NCGA membership reached
a record 30,000 members. In
addition, he is a member of
the American and Minnesota
soybean growers associa
tions, the Minnesota Pork
Producers, Minnesota
Farmers Union, and
Minnesota Farm Bureau.
• Kyle Phillips, Knoxville,
lowa - Phillips, his wife Sue,
and his father grow com and
soybeans in Knoxville. He
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Phillips is president of the
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Marion County Farm Bureau
Board.
• Fred Yoder, Plain City,
Ohio - Fred and Debbie Yoder
grow corn, soybeans, and
wheat inPlaine City, where
they also operate a retail seed
business. Yoder also handles
farm machinery sales with a
local dealer. Yoder serves as
president of the Ohio Com
Growers Association and has
also served as vice president
and has been an NCGA dele
gate for several years. He
most recently served on the
NCGA Production and
Stewardship Action Team.
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