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Names in the News - Oct. 28, 2009

Ohio Soy elects officers for 2009-10
WORTHINGTON, Ohio — The Ohio Soybean Assoc. (OSA) board of trustees elected officers for 2009-10 during its September board meeting. These executive committee positions include the offices of chair, president, vice president, treasurer and secretary.

Elected chair was Mark Watkins of Hardin County. Watkins most recently served on the executive committee as president for the past two terms. He produces soybeans, corn, wheat and hogs on Watkins Farm with his brother near Kenton.

Jeff Wuebker of Darke County was elected to his first term as president after serving the past two terms as vice president. Wuebker is the co-owner/operator of Wuebker Farms, LLC near Versailles, and is a certified crop consultant. In addition to producing soybeans, Wuebker also manages a sow, weanling pig and steer operation.

Bret Davis of Delaware County was elected to his first term as vice president after serving two terms as treasurer. He grows soybeans, corn, wheat and hay on his farm near Delaware.

Jerry Bambauer of Auglaize County was elected to his second term as secretary. Bambauer grows soybeans, corn and wheat and manages a swine finishing operation. Elected to his first term as treasurer was Mike Heffelfinger of Van Wert County. Heffelfinger grows corn, soybeans and wheat on his farm and operates a small hog feeding operation during the summer months.

Coppock to step down as NAWG CEO

WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Assoc. of Wheat Growers (NAWG) CEO Daren Coppock announced his resignation earlier this month. He will become president and CEO of the Agricultural Retailers Assoc. (ARA) as of Jan. 1, 2010.

Coppock’s tenure at NAWG began in July of 2001 when he relocated to the Washington, D.C., area from his home state of Oregon. NAWG and ARA have agreed to a transition arrangement in which Coppock will remain full time at NAWG through the end of this month and work half-time at each organization until Dec. 31.
NAWG has initiated a search for a new CEO. More information about that process is available at www.wheatworld.org

FFS Council elects leadership

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Phyllis Parks, CPA, CVA, an accountant from Danville, Ill., was elected as the president of the Farm Financial Standards Council. She succeeds Alan Miller, a professor at Purdue University, who will now serve as immediate past-president on the organization’s Executive Committee.

Prior to assuming the top leadership position with the group, Parks had served as the group’s vice president.

Grewal named fellow of SON

WOOSTER, Ohio — Parwinder Grewal, a professor of entomology with The Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and OSU extension, has been named a fellow of the Society of Nematologists (SON) — the highest honor awarded by this international scientific organization.

Grewal received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Punjab Agricultural University. He received his doctorate from London’s Imperial College and was appointed as Higher Scientific Officer at the Horticultural Research Institute in Littlehampton, England.
Grewal’s research program has received more than $11 million in grants and earned him several distinctions, including the 2002 Syngenta Recognition Award for Excellence (conferred by SON), the 2002 Entomological Society of America (ESA) Award of Excellence in Integrated Pest Management and the 2008 ESA Recognition Award in Urban Entomology.

Mich. farmer OK’d for soy board

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee (MSPC), organized in 1976, is led by a group of seven governor-appointed farmers from across predetermined districts based on equality of soybean acreage in each.

Most recently, James E. Wilson of Yale, owner of Wilson Bros., was appointed to represent District 4 growers for a term expiring Sept. 23, to fulfill a vacated position after which time he will seek reappointment for a full three-year term.

Jim attended Central Michigan University. After college, he worked at Gerber products for 12 years before becoming a self-employed farmer. He has served as a Fremont Township Supervisor/Assessor since 1980 and as a director on the Michigan Soybean Assoc. since 2004, for which he is president.

10/28/2009