FRANKENMUTH, Mich. — Every year several seats on the seven-member Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee (MSPC) board are open for appointment or district map counties big numbers reappointment by the Governor. Three of these positions will be filled this summer.

The districts seeking two people to apply for each position include:

District 2 – Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham and Jackson counties

District 4 – Huron, Macomb, Oakland, Sanilac and St. Clair counties

District 5 – Arenac, Bay, Lapeer, Saginaw and Tuscola counties

Interested soybean farmers residing in these districts should contact MSPC Executive Director Gail Frahm at 877.769.6424 or by email gfrahm@michigansoybean.org. The link will be provided to you for the online application process. All applications need to be complete by July 31. The term starts the end of September with the first meeting being after harvest and will be in December. We also encourage interested applicants to attend a regular MSPC board meeting to check it out. The next meeting will be at the DoubleTree in Port Huron, Michigan, June 25 (from 4:00-6:30 p.m.) and June 26 (from 8:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.) Call to RSVP if interested in attending.

This information is brought to you by the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee. Our mission is to manage checkoff resources to increase return on investment for Michigan soybean farmers while enhancing sustainable soybean production. You can find out more about the soybean checkoff by visiting www.michigansoybean.org.

— Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee

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