During its 11th International Marketing Conference and 54th Annual Membership Meeting – the U.S. Grains Council presented a tribute award for a lifetime of distinguished achievement and service to the Council to Owen Newlin.

Newlin has served with the Council for 44-years and served as Chairman in 1979. Grains Council President and CEO Tom Sleight says Newlin was the driving force behind many of the Council’s principles and current structures. Click here to listen.