Iowa Growers elect officers
JOHNSTON, Iowa — New farmer leaders for the Iowa Corn Growers Assoc. (ICGA) and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB) will bring extensive experience dealing with policy issues and market development to their respective boards.

Dean Taylor, a corn and soybean grower from Prairie City, is the new ICGA president. An ICGA board member since 2001, Taylor also represents Iowa as vice-chair on the National Corn Growers Production and Stewardship Action Team and chairs its subcommittee that monitors climate change issues.

Joining Taylor on the ICGA officer team are Kevin Ross, Minden, president-elect; Bruce Rohwer, Paullinia, secretary/treasurer; and Don Elsbernd, Postville, past president.

Dick Gallagher, from Washington, has been named the new ICPB chair. Gallagher, a farmer for 36 years, serves on the Export and Grain Trade and Research and Business Development committees with Iowa Corn.

Rounding out the ICPB officers are Deb Keller, Clarion, chair-elect; Kevin Rempp, Montezuma, secretary/treasurer; and Julius Schaaf, Randolph, past chair.

ISA welcomes new directors
ANKENY, Iowa — The Iowa Soybean Assoc. (ISA) held its board elections at the Sept. 9 meeting. Randy VanKooten from Lynnville took his seat as president, with Dean Coleman from Humboldt as president-elect.

Mark Jackson of Rose Hill was elected treasurer and Tom Oswald of Cleghorn was chosen as secretary. Ron Heck of Perry was reelected to the executive committee.

The newest district directors include Rolland Schnell of Newton, representing District 5; Scott McGregor of Nashua, District 3; and Delbert Westphalen of Atlantic, District 7. Those reelected to three-year terms include Sheila Hebenstreit of Jefferson, representing District 4; Ed Ulch of Solon, District 6; and Cliff Mulder of Pella, District 8.

Three directors retired this year: Ray Gaesser of Corning, A.J. Blair of Dayton and Bob Cole of Fayette.

Moody joins Fertilizer Institute

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) announced the appointment of Lara Beal Moody to the position of director of Stewardship Programs. Prior to joining TFI, she served as program manager for the Agricultural Waste Management Laboratory at Iowa State University.

She will be responsible for developing and directing TFI’s stakeholder outreach programs to promote nutrient stewardship at the field level. Specifically, she will promote the 4R Nutrient Stewardship System.

Moody is a Registered Professional Engineer, having received a bachelor’s of science degree in agricultural engineering and master’s of science degree in biosystems engineering from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.