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    Page 18-Corn Talk, Uncaster Farming, Saturday, October 14, 2000
National Corn Growers Association
Elects New Board Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The National Corn Growers
Association (NCGA) has
elected a new slate of corn
grower leaders as the organi
zation as it represents corn
growers on key agricultural
issues.
Elections were conducted
in July at NCGA’s Corn
Congress in Washington,
D.C.
These directors assumed
office Oct. I, the beginning of
NCGA’s 2000-2001 fiscal
year.
Moving to the helm as
NCGA President is Leland
Klein. With his wife Sharon,
What A Wonderful
World Of Corn!
ST. LOUIS, Mo. The
National Corn Growers As
sociation (NCGA) has de
buted the 2000 World of
Corn, an annual corn indus
try “almanac” featuring cur
rent and historical corn
statistics and summaries of
major issues facing the na
tion’s top crop.
“The 2000 World of Corn
is full of information on ev
erything from production
and export statistics, to the
future of biotechnology and
the livestock industry,” said
NCGA President Lynn
Jensen of Lake Preston, S.D.
“It’s a virtual one-stop shop
for corn industry information
that tells you everything you
ever wanted to know about
corn, but didn’t know where
to find it.”
The publication features
information on U.S. and
world corn production, usage
and exports; domestic corn
consumption by the livestock,
ethanol, food and industrial
industries; biotechnology;
corn crop value; and more.
Access the 2000 World of
Corn on NCGA’s Website at
www.ncga.com
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he raises corn, soybeans, rye,
alfalfa, and hay in Battle
Creek, Neb. Klein also man
ages a cow/calf operation,
and has held many leader
ship positions in various state
and local organizations.
Lynn Jensen, who with his
wife Jodi, grows corn, soy
beans, edibles and alfalfa in
Lake Preston, S.D., is chair
man of the board. A farmer
for 20 years, Jensen has been
active in his state and na
tional corn grower associa
tions for more than eight
years.
Newly elected corn
growers to the NCGA corn
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• Charles Alexander,
Stonewall, N.C. Charles and
his wife Lois farm 2,200 acres
of corn, wheat, and soybeans.
Charles has served as past
president of the North Caro
lina Small Grain Association
and is a member of the North
Carolina Corn Growers As
sociation. Most recently, he
served as a member of the
NCGA Production and Stew
ardship Action Team.
• Jim Czub, Schaghticoke,
N.Y. Jim and Jackie Czub
partner with Jim’s brother,
farming 2,000 acres of corn,
soybeans, and hay. Their
farm operation also includes
custom farming and grain
processing, along with a
mining and excavation busi
ness. Jim has held several
leadership positions in New
York and within the NCGA,
including service as a corn
board member. In that capac-
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member of the EPA’s Toler
ance Reassessment Advisory
Committee, responsible for
implementation of the Food
Quality Preservation Act.
• John Tibbits, Minneapo
lis, Kan. John and Rosalee
Tibbits operate a family farm
in northcentral Kansas with
both dryland and irrigated
crops. They also operate a
cattle operation. John has
served NCGA and the
Kansas Corn Growers Asso
ciation in many leadership
positions. He serves as a corn
board member and as a
member of the NCGA
Finance Committee. He also
serves as the NCGA repre
sentative to the National Cat
tlemen’s Beef Association.
• Dee Vaughan, Dumas,
Tex. Dee and Terri Vaughan
farm 6,000 acres in the Texas
Panhandle, raising corn, seed
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are adopting precision farm
ing techniques. Dee has
served in several leadership
positions with the Lone Star
Corn Growers Association
and the Texas Corn Produc
ers Checkoff Board. He
serves as a member of the
NCGA Public Policy Action
Team.
• Ron Woollen, Wilcox,
Neb. Ron and Sue Woollen
operate a family corporation,
raising irrigated corn, soy
beans and sorghum, and
dryland corn, soybeans, sor
ghum, wheat, sunflowers,
and alfalfa. Ron has held sev
eral leadership positions for
the South Central Corn
Growers, the Nebraska Corn
Growers Association, and
NCGA. He is chairman of the
NCGA Grower Services
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