PRINCETON, Ky. — The farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board (USB) met in St. Charles, Missouri December 10-12, and one important order of business was the election of officers for the upcoming year.
Brent Gatton, who farms in Bremen, Kentucky, was elected Vice-Chairman by his peers. He has previously served multiple terms on USB as treasurer and as Chairman of the Audit and Evaluation Committee, helping to ensure that farmer checkoff dollars are invested in compliance with federal law.
He joins Chairman Philip Good of Mississippi, Treasurer Matt Gast of North Dakota, and Secretary Susan Watkins of Virginia on USB’s officer team. At-large members of the Executive Committee are Ed Lammers of Nebraska, Don Wyss of Indiana, Robb Ewoldt of Iowa, Thomas Frisch of Minnesota, Carla Schultz of Michigan, and Todd Hanten of South Dakota.
Gatton began his service to his fellow soybean farmers in 2014, when he was elected by farmers in his area to serve as a director on the Kentucky Soybean Association Board. He was appointed as one of Kentucky’s USB directors in 2018 and also serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board.
The United Soybean Board’s 77 volunteer farmer-leaders work on behalf of all U.S. soybean farmers to achieve maximum value for their soy checkoff investments. These volunteers create value by investing in research, education and promotion with the vision to deliver sustainable soy solutions to every life, every day across the three priority areas of Infrastructure & Connectivity, Health & Nutrition, and Innovation & Technology. As stipulated in the federal Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has oversight responsibilities for USB and the soy checkoff.
–Rae Wagoner, Kentucky Soybean Board
