NCSPA Elects New Board Members at Annual Commodities Conference

The North Carolina Soybean Producers Association elected five new members to serve a three-year term on its board of directors at its 49th annual meeting in Durham, N.C. on Jan. 15, 2016. Five members were elected to serve a second term on the board of directors.Directors on the state soybean board are responsible for overseeing the soybean checkoff-funded research, marketing and communications work of the association, as well as conducting advocacy work on behalf of the state’s soybean industry.Newly elected board members are:Dan McDuffie, Council, N.C., representing Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender CountiesChris Hester, Bladenboro, N.C., representing Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender CountiesCurtis Furr, Albemarle, N.C., representing Anson, Cabarrus, Chatham, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and Stanly CountiesShane Revelle, Murfreesboro, N.C., representing Gates, Hertford and Northampton CountiesSimmy Williams, Shiloh, N.C., representing Camden and Currituck CountiesThe following directors were elected to serve a second term:Mart Benson, Pantego, N.C., representing Beaufort CountyLance Herndon, Parkton, N.C., representing Hoke, Scotland and Robeson CountiesChris Seymour, Kinston, N.C., representing Greene, Lenoir, Wayne and Wilson CountiesIsaac Boerema, Pantego, N.C., representing Hyde CountyBob Hyman, Oak City, N.C., representing Martin and Pitt CountiesNorth Carolina soybean producers elected the following officers for 2016: President, Jeff Peed of Aurora, N.C.; Vice President, John Fleming of Scotland Neck, N.C.; Secretary, Jeff Tyson of Nashville, N.C. and Treasurer, Bernard Lennon of Evergreen, N.C.