Iowa Soybean Association Press Release

	FUNDED BY SOYBEAN CHECKOFF DOLLARS
		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 13, 2005 Contact: Pam Molitor, Communications Director 1 800-383-1423

IOWA SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES NEWLY
ELECTED OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

URBANDALE, Iowa - The Iowa Soybean Association announces its newly elected officers and board of directors for 2006-2007.

The elected officers for the new, unified board are: President John Askew of Thurman (District 7), President Elect Ray Gaesser of Corning (District 7), Treasurer Dean Coleman of Humboldt (District 2), Secretary Larry Marek of Riverside (District 9) and At-Large Curt Sindergard of Rolfe (District 1).

The new directors are as follows:

District 1: Curt Sindergard of Rolfe and Brian Kemp of Sibley;
District 2: Dean Coleman of Humboldt and Dan Beenken of Bancroft;
District 3: John Hoffman of Waterloo and Yvonne Wente of Waverly;
District 4: Sheila Hebenstreit of Jefferson and Delbert Christensen of Audubon;
District 5: Randy VanKooten of Lynnville and AJ Blair of Dayton;
District 6: Ed Ulch of Solon and Kevin Green of DeWitt;
District 7: Ray Gaesser of Corning and John Askew of Thurman;
District 8: Cliff Mulder of Pella; and
District 9: Larry Marek of Riverside and John Heisdorffer of Keota.

The four newly elected directors at-large are Ron Heck of Perry, Tom
Oswald of Cleghorn, Roy Arends of Alexander and Jim Andrew of Jefferson.

The Iowa Soybean Association recently went through a board unification process. Since the inception of the soybean checkoff, there have been two separate boards of directors; one for the Iowa Soybean Association and one for the Iowa Soybean Promotion Board. The new, unified board is called the Iowa Soybean Association. This unification creates a streamlined, integrated structure that will allow the board to easily establish and attain clearly defined goals and objectives for both checkoff and non-checkoff activities. In addition, one group of farmer directors making investment and strategic decisions will allow the organization to better address new challenges.

For more information about the Iowa Soybean Association, visit www.iasoybeans.com.

The Iowa Soybean Association develops policies and programs that help farmers expand profit opportunities while promoting environmentally sensitive production using the soybean checkoff and other resources. The Association is governed by an elected board of 21 volunteer farmers.

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