Indiana Ag News Headlines Farmers Elect New Directors to Indiana Soybean Board Indiana Ag Connection - 09/08/2009 Two farmers from northeast Indiana recently were elected as first-time farmer-leaders on the Indiana Soybean Alliance (ISA) board of directors. Tom Griffiths of Kendallville and Don Wyss of Ossian will join the ISA Board in January 2010 as representatives from District 2, which includes Adams, Allen, Blackford, Dekalb, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Huntington, Jay, La Grange, Madison, Noble, Randolph, Steuben, Wayne, Wells and Whitley counties. The 24-member board is responsible for investing Indiana soybean checkoff funds in programs that improve the viability of all Indiana soybean farmers. Under its strategic plan, the ISA has identified six major initiatives: aquaculture, biofuels, grain marketing, livestock, research, and new uses/commercialization. Indiana is divided into four districts; however, the only contested race in this year’s election was in District 2. While the other districts across the state did not have contested races, each did have two candidates currently serving on the ISA Board of Directors who will be reinstated for another three-year term beginning in January 2010. Those directors are Lynn Teel of Chalmers and Mike Beard of Frankfort in District 1; Brad Burbrink of Terre Haute and Alan Kemper of Lafayette in District 3; and Trevor Glick of Columbus and Terry Vissing of Marysville in District 4. Copyright © 2010 - USAgNet.com. All Rights Reserved.