Louisiana Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board Seeking Nominations

A meeting of the Louisiana Soybean and Grain Research and Promotion Board (LSGRPB) has been scheduled as follows:

April 9, 2024

12:00 p.m.

Louisiana Farm Bureau – Board Room

7000 Commerce Circle

Baton Rouge, LA  70809

The purpose for our meeting will be to review nominations to the United Soybean Board (USB).  The LSGRPB nominates individuals to the US Secretary of Agriculture, USDA, for appointment to serve as a Board member on the USB. We encourage any soybean grower to come forward at this meeting that wishes to be considered to serve in this capacity to represent Louisiana soybean growers.

While the LSGRPB opened nominations at the November 17, 2023 meeting, to further implement their diversity plan, the vote on nominations was tabled to a later date. USDA-AMS has announced the application deadline of May 3, 2024 for final nominations from QSSBs; so the LSGRPB invites candidates of all backgrounds, soybean production practices, and ethnicities to consider being nominated as a Louisiana USB representative. Two nominees, a primary and secondary candidate, will be selected by the pool of nominees by the LSGRPB at this meeting.

If you have any questions or suggestions of soybean growers to be nominated, please contact Andy Brown, (225) 922-6209. Andy can also provide you with more information on what commitment to serve looks like through USB’s director recruitment toolkit.