(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 13, 2009 ) ST. LOUIS - (Food-Beverage-News.Com) The National Corn Growers Association Corn Board has elected Bart Schott of Kulm, N.D., to the position of first vice president for the 2010 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. Schott and his family are third- and fourth-generation farmers raising no-till corn, soybeans and wheat. He also runs a seed business.
"I am honored and humbled to be selected by my fellow board members to serve as the next first vice president of NCGA," said Schott. "We live in dynamic times and I'm excited to be a part of the change that can bring both opportunities and challenges for corn farmers and our customers in producing food, feed and fuel for our nation and the world."
Schott has served as chairman of the North Dakota Corn Council. He is a member of the NCGA Finance Committee as well as a board liaison for the Grower Services Action Team. Schott is also chairman of NCGAÂ’s Bylaws Committee and a past chairman of the Association Relations Committee. Schott previously served as the NCGA Corn Board liaison for the National CattlemenÂ’s Beef Association and a member of the NCGA Biotechnology Working Group and the Research and Business Development Action Team. He and his wife, Linsey, have three children, Peter, Andrew and Micah.
In October, NCGA President Bob Dickey, a Laurel, Neb., grower, becomes chairman of the Corn Board and Darrin Ihnen, of Hurley, S.D., currently serving as first vice president, will become board president. Officers are traditionally rotated through the three positions each fiscal year.
The 15-member NCGA Corn Board executes the organizationÂ’s policy and strategic vision, as set forth by the Corn Congress, the semiannual meeting of delegates from affiliated state organizations. It also bears ultimate responsibility for NCGAÂ’s financial affairs. SchottÂ’s election needs to be ratified by the Corn Congress at its July 15 meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Founded in 1957, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) represents approximately 35,000 dues-paying corn growers and the interests of more than 300,000 farmers who contribute through corn checkoff programs in their states. NCGA and its 48 affiliated state associations and checkoff organizations work together to help protect and advance corn growersÂ’ interests.
