- American Farmland Trust (AFT) President Ralph Grossi announced that he would be retiring later this year, when a successor is on board. A national search is underway to recruit the next President of AFT. Grossi has served as president for 23 years; he and his wife, Judy, will be returning to their California ranch.
- Wheat grower Don Schieber of Ponca City, Okla., was elected Secretary-Treasurer of U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) at the USW Winter Board Meeting in Washington, D.C., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. Vice Chairman Michael Edgar, Yuma, Ariz., was elected Chairman of the Board. Secretary-Treasurer, Janice Mattson, Chester, Mont., was elected Vice Chairman, while Chairman Ron Suppes, Dighton, Kan. will move to Past Chairman and USW Budget Committee Chair. New USW officers officially begin their one-year terms at the organization’s Summer Board Meeting, to be held July 26 to 28, 2008, in Kansas City, Mo.
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