Randy DeSutter Elected to National Corn Growers Association Board of Directors

July 14, 2021
Congratulations to the 2022 corn board members !

Randy DeSutter, farmer from Woodhull, IL and Illinois Corn Growers Association President, was elected to serve a three-year term on the National Corn Growers Association board of directors by a delegation of his farmer peers today at the NCGA Corn Congress meeting in New Orleans, LA.

 

Kenneth Hartman, Jr from Waterloo, IL also serves on the NCGA Board, after his re-election to another three-year term in 2020.

“I ran for the NCGA Corn Board because of my desire to help corn farmers find solutions to industry challenges and make our commodity more prosperous,” DeSutter said. “Now that I’m elected, I look forward to getting started building the relationships and the programs that will make that happen.”


Click here to read more from NCGA on the 2021 elections.


The 2021-2022 NCGA board of directors is as follows, effective October 1, 2021:

 

John Linder, Edison, Ohio

Chris Edgington, St. Ansgar, Iowa

Jed Bower, Washington Court House, Ohio

Deb Gangwish, Shelton, Nebraska

Tom Haag, Eden Valley, Minnesota

Kenneth Hartman, Jr., Waterloo, Illinois

Brandon Hunnicutt, Giltner, Nebraska

Mike LeFever, Haxtun, Colorado

Dennis McNinch, Utica, Kansas

Gary Porter, Mercer, Missouri

Brian Thalmann, Plato, Minnesota

Harold Wolle, Madelia, Minnesota

Bob Hemesath, Calmar, Iowa

Dan Wesely, Morse Bluff, Nebraska

Randy DeSutter, Woodhull, Illinois

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