Make Your Mark!

Serve on the Pennsylvania Soybean Board

The volunteer members of the Pennsylvania Soybean Board are responsible for the collection and administration of the soybean checkoff program within the state.

The Board is committed to growing leadership that reflects a diversity of perspectives and opinions. That diversity should reflect size of operation, experience of members, methods of production and distribution, ethnicity and gender, marketing strategies, and other factors that will bring different perspectives and ideas to the table.

Specific expectations and duties associated with serving as a director include:

• Annually, must raise soybeans in Pennsylvania to be eligible to serve on the Board.
• The Board typically meets three times per year or at the will of the Chair. Meetings are held in February, August and December.
• The Board convenes via conference call on an as-needed basis.
• The initial term of a board member is three years.

Serve on the United Soybean Board

Two growers from Pennsylvania serve on the United Soybean Board to represent the interests of the state’s soybean producers on a national level.

To represent Pennsylvania as a member of the United Soybean Board, you do not have to be a member of the Pennsylvania Soybean Board. However, you must be:

• A soybean producer who is engaged in growing soybeans in Pennsylvania who owns or shares the ownership and risk of loss of soybean production.
• Nominated by the Pennsylvania Soybean Board.

Individuals appointed to the Board serve three-year terms. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture selects individuals from the nominations submitted.

Contact Jennifer Reed-Harry, PSB Executive Director, at jrharry@pennag.com or call the PSB office at (717) 651-5922.