{"id":3306,"date":"2014-08-01T13:37:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T13:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/gray-elected-new-us-grains-council-chairman\/"},"modified":"2014-08-01T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T13:37:38","slug":"gray-elected-new-us-grains-council-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grains.org\/ltamex\/gray-elected-new-us-grains-council-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray Elected New US Grains Council Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ron Gray, a farmer from Illinois, was recently elected as U.S. Grains Council chairman during the organization\u2019s 54th Annual Board of Delegates meeting<\/a> in Omaha, Nebraska. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Council works around the world to connect U.S. agriculture with valuable markets, ultimately improving our bottom line. We are the catalyst in the global marketplace that makes that happen,\u201d Gray said in his first speech to USGC delegates as chairman. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur theme this year is \u2018Global Awareness, Global Connections<\/a>.\u2019 This means working with our delegates, board members, state and agribusiness partners, as well as the customers who rely on our products and those far away from the farm who should be aware of the impact trade has on their lives.\u201d <\/p>\n

Gray farms in Claremont, Illinois, having spent almost 35 years in production agriculture. He has also been a crop insurance agent for almost a decade.<\/p>\n

A past chairman of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, Gray has been a delegate from that Board to the Council since 2002. <\/p>\n

At the Omaha meeting, the Board of Delegates also elected the Council\u2019s 2014-2015 Board of Directors. That body now includes: <\/p>\n