PRINCETON, Ky. — Farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board (USB) elected Meagan Kaiser from Missouri as 2023 Chair and nine additional farmer-leaders, including Brent Gatton of Bremen, Ky., to serve on the Executive Committee during the USB December Meeting in St. Charles, Mo.
“Being on the executive committee is certainly an honor,” Gatton said. “I am also serving as chairman of the Audit and Evaluation Committee, which comes with additional responsibility. I will do my best to look after the best interests of soybean farmers from Kentucky and the rest of the U.S. during my time on USB. I am glad to have Barry Alexander and Ryan Bivens as my fellow USB Directors, and I encourage any soybean grower in Kentucky to reach out to one of us if they have questions about the national checkoff.”
The newly elected USB Executive Committee includes:
- Meagan Kaiser, Chair — Missouri
- Steve Reinhard, Vice Chair — Ohio
- Ed Lammers, Secretary — Nebraska
- Philip Good, Treasurer — Mississippi
- Matt Gast — North Dakota
- April Hemmes — Iowa
- Gary Berg — Illinois
- Brent Gatton — Kentucky
- Belinda Burrier — Maryland
- Laurie Isley — Michigan
Gatton was originally appointed to the United Soybean Board in 2018 by then-Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, and was reappointed for a second term by current Secretary Tom Vilsack in 2021. He was first elected into leadership in the Kentucky Soybean Association in 2018, and currently serves as President of that organization. Gatton holds a seat on the Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board, where he is one of 13 farmer-leaders who invest Kentucky’s share of our state’s checkoff dollars.
About United Soybean Board: 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.
— Kentucky Soybean Association
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