The year 2014 will be a historic one for the United Soybean Board (USB) as it expands to a 70-member board of volunteer farmer-leaders. USB held its annual meeting, this week in St. Louis, where it swore in that new director, as well as elected a new chairman, vice chairman and other new officers.
The 70th director farms in Mississippi, increasing that state`s representation to three.
The 70th director farms in Mississippi, increasing that state`s representation to three.
In addition, activities at the meeting include :
- Swearing in a total of 13 new USB directors
- Evaluating progress on marketing, promotion and research projects and framing strategies for the FY15 fiscal year
- Updates from soy-checkoff partners
