PRINCETON, Ky. — During the Kentucky Soybean Association spring board meeting, one important order of business was filling vacant director seats. At-large Association board member Neal Milliken stepped down after a career change left him with scheduling conflicts. The Association appreciates Neal’s service and wishes him well in his new endeavors.
Matt Gajdzik of Mulberry Orchard in Shelbyville was selected to fill this empty seat. Matt completed his training as one of Kentucky’s ASA Corteva Young Leaders at Commodity Classic and was interested in serving. In addition to the orchard, agritoursim business, and Kentucky Proud Certified Roadside Market, Matt and his wife Amanda raise soybeans, corn, and cattle.
During the Kentucky Commodity Conference in January, Hickman farmer Matt Moss expressed interest in filling the seat left vacant in the Purchase Area by Allen Pace, who served the maximum of three, three-year terms allowed by the organization’s bylaws. Moss was elected to this seat at the spring board meeting. In addition to soybeans and corn, Moss owns and operates Moss Hog Farms and serves his community as the Fulton County Coroner.
The Kentucky Soybean Association is a membership-based organization that focuses on policy efforts at both the state and national levels. KSA’s farmer-leaders travel to Frankfort and host legislators on their farms to promote open dialogue about issues that affect those in the agriculture sector. Those same farmer-leaders have also developed relationships with our lawmakers in Washington, D.C. and (under normal circumstances) travel to the Capitol multiple times each year to visit our Senators, Congressmen and their staff members to talk about direct and unintended consequences of legislation and to lobby for the best interests of Kentucky’s soybean farmers.
The association’s directors are elected to represent the farmers in their respective areas of the state by the farmer-members in those areas. Elections for vacant seats are normally held during the Annual Meeting, which occurs during the Kentucky Commodity Conference. That meeting is set for January 19, 2023, at the Sloan Convention Center in Bowling Green. If you are a soybean farmer and KSA member interested in serving on the Association Board, please contact our office to see if there’s a vacancy coming up in your Area.
For 2022, KSA’s directors are as follows.
- Purchase Area: Andrea Williford, Jonathan Reynolds, Dan Pirtle, and (newly elected) Matt Moss.
- Pennyrile Area: Craig Roberts, Brent Gatton, and Daniel Adams
- Green River Area: David Winchell, Jason Strode, Clay Wells, and Bryan Kuegel
- Mammoth Cave Area: Adam Hendricks, Andy Alford, and Shane Wells
- Lincoln Trail Area: Quint Pottinger, Anna Reding, Caleb Ragland, and Houston Howlett
- Central Bluegrass Area: Ben Furnish, Brennan Gilkison, Spencer Sims, and Jeremy Tucker
- Directors At-Large include Jeremy Stull, Mark Wilson, and (newly elected) Matt Gajdzik
For more information on soybean farming in Kentucky, visit www.kysoy.org.
— Kentucky Soybean Association
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