55th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting<\/a> in Montreal, Canada. <\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Markets don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just happen, we have to work to make them happen,\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd Tiemann said in his first speech to USGC delegates as chairman. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Council has been successfully doing that for more than 55 years and has developed a level of excellence in its work that I want to focus on this year.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That is why our theme this year is Excellence in Exports<\/em>. I have found the Council displays excellence in its membership, its global staff team, the relationships it fosters, the collaboration it has with its partners and its dedication to export markets. All these areas have been key in making the Council the successful organization it is today.\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd <\/p>\n Tiemann farms in Seward, Nebraska, and has spent more than 35 years in production agriculture.<\/span><\/p>\n
An at-large director and past chairman for the Nebraska Corn Board, Tiemann has been a delegate from that Board to the Council since 2005. Prior to that, Tiemann served as a delegate to the Council from the Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board for a number of years. <\/p>\n<\/span>At the Montreal meeting, the Board of Delegates also elected the Council\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2015-2016 Board of Directors. That body now includes:<\/span><\/p>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Alan Tiemann, Chairman, Nebraska Corn Board \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Chip Councell, Vice Chairman, Maryland Grain Producers Utilization Board \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Deb Keller, Secretary\/Treasurer, Iowa Corn Promotion Board \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Ron Gray, Past Chairman, Illinois Corn Marketing Board \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Thomas Sleight, President and CEO, U.S. Grains Council \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Steve Brody, Agribusiness Sector Director, DuPont Pioneer \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Mark Seastrand, Barley Sector Director, North Dakota Barley Council \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Dick Gallagher, Corn Sector Director, Iowa Corn Promotion Board \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Bill Kubecka, Sorghum Sector Director, United Sorghum Checkoff Program \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Craig Floss, State Checkoff Sector Director, Iowa Corn Promotion Board \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Jim Tobin, At-Large Director, Monsanto Company \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Jim Stuever, At-Large Director, Missouri Corn Merchandising Council \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Charles Ring, At-Large Director, Texas Corn Producers Board \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Jim Raben, At-Large Director, Illinois Corn Marketing Board<\/span><\/p>\nThe new board was seated Wednesday and will serve until July 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alan Tiemann, a farmer from Nebraska, was elected today as U.S. Grains Council chairman during the organization\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 55th Annual Board of Delegates Meeting in Montreal, Canada. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Markets don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just happen, we have to work to make them happen,\u00e2\u20ac\ufffd Tiemann said in his first speech to USGC delegates as chairman. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Council has been successfully doing … <\/p>\n
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