During its annual meeting, the American Soybean Association elected the leaders who will guide the organization through the coming year’s top advocacy priorities, including the much-anticipated 2023 Farm Bill, among other policy issues.
ASA welcomed 13 new directors who began their nine-year terms, including Tanner Johnson of Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. Johnson also sits on the Wisconsin Soybean Association Board.
In addition to the 13 new directors, ASA elected its 2023 Executive Committee:
Daryl Cates (IL), who previously served as ASA vice president, will serve as 2023 ASA president. Cates is a fourth-generation farmer, raising soybeans, corn, wheat, and double crop beans on his family operation. He’s been on the ASA board since 2018.
Immediate past president Brad Doyle (AR) moves to the role of ASA chairman. Former chairman Kevin Scott (SD) rotates off the nine-member executive committee and retires from the board.
The ASA board elected Josh Gackle (ND) as ASA vice president, a role that puts him in line to serve as the association’s president in 2024.
In addition, the board elected Caleb Ragland (KY) as ASA secretary; Scott Metzger (OH) as treasurer; and Dave Walton (IA), Alan Meadows (TN), Ronnie Russell (MO), and Jered Hooker (IL) as at-large members of the executive committee.
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