UNITED SOYBEAN BOARD ACTIVITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT 

HIGHLIGHTS

USB’s 20th Anniversary

New Directors Sworn In

Executive Committee Elected

USB ANNUAL MEETING

FY 2012 BUDGET CHANGES

JUNE DECEMBER

Price $12.00/bushel $12.00/bushel

Usage 3.31 billion bushels 3.1 billion bushels

USB Collections $94.335 million $88.35 million

Strategic Management Committee Staffing Assessment by CEO & ED Transition Task Force

NEXT STEPS:

ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT

APPROVEDRECOMMENDATIONS:

Implementation Plan for Board Review

Marc Curtis (MS), Lead Dan Corcoran (OH) Jared Hagert (ND) Jim Schriver (IN) Don Latham, past USB Chairman Tom Malecha, CHS, Inc. Alan Kemper, Chairman, American Soybean Association

VALUE TASK FORCE

Decision Support ToolBudget Allocations

Advanced Biofuels Initiative$2 Million

OTHER BUSINESS

NEW DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTSNEW RETURNING

Angela M. Dee Alabama James L. Stillman Iowa

Robert L. Stobaugh Arkansas Dwain L. Ford Illinois

Larry K. Marek Iowa Michael A. Beard Indiana

Craig M. Gigstad Kansas Eugene L. Lowe, III Maryland

Keith N. Tapp Kentucky James D. Sneed Mississippi

J. Willard Spargo Missouri R. Alan Moore Michigan

Loyd L. Pointer Nebraska Scott G. Singlestad Minnesota

Ellie W. Green, Jr. South Carolina Daniel J. Corcoran Ohio

Robert J. Metz South Dakota

John R. Butler Tennessee

Tom P. Rotello, Sr. Texas

RETIRING DIRECTORS

 

Cecil Eaddy South Carolina

Mike KorthNebraska

Jason BeanMissouri

John WrayKansas

Roy BardoleIowa

Phil BradshawIllinois

Todd AllenArkansas

David Wilson Alabama

George MartinKentucky

Vanessa Kummer (ND) – Chair

2012 USB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Jimmy Sneed (MS) – Communications

Chair

Jim Schriver (IN) – Production

Chair

Lewis Bainbridge (SD) – Domestic

Marketing Chair

Russ Carpenter (NY) – New Uses

Chair

Bob Haselwood (KS) – Treasurer

Jim Call (MN) – Secretary

Jim Stillman (IA) – Vice Chair

Sharon Covert (IL) – International

Marketing Chair

Rick Stern (Eastern Region) –

Audit & Evaluation Chair

Marc Curtis (MS), Past Chairman

USB 2012 CALENDAR

MEETINGSFebruary 21-23 Biloxi, Miss.

July 18-19 Williamsburg, Va.

For more information on the United Soybean Board, visit:

www.UnitedSoybean.org

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