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Willis Elected Chairman of U.S. Grains Council
USAgNet - 08/02/2021

Delegates of the U.S. Grains Council elected Chad Willis, a farmer from Minnesota representing the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council, as chairman of its Board of Directors at its 61st Annual Board of Delegates Meeting, held in Des Moines, IA.

Willis has been farming since 1997 and has worked in both the corn milling and feed industries. He was a member of the Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council before serving on its board.

After joining the USGC, he served on both the Value-Added Advisory Team (A-Team) and was a vocal advocate for creating the council’s Ethanol A-Team before serving on the council's board of directors and being to the council’s officer rotation in YEAR.

Brent Boydston of Bayer Crop Science has been elected as the council's Secretary-Treasurer.

Additionally, Verity Ulibarri of the United Sorghum Checkoff Program and Jay Fischer, Missouri Corn Growers Association, were elected as at-large directors.


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