Grain Grades and Weights Committee

Committee Members

Mission: Develop and preserve inspection and weighing practices that facilitate timely, orderly, fair, safe, and economical grain marketing responses to customer needs. Provide input to Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on official grain standards as well as inspection and weighing practices that are accurate and consistently applied. Serve as the principal NGFA liaison to USDA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service on official grain inspection and weighing issues in an effort to facilitate orderly marketing.

Grain Grades and Weights Committee Chairperson:

Nick Friant, Cargill Incorporated

Staff Liaison:

Jess McCluer, Senior Vice President, Safety and Regulatory Affairs

Name	Title	Organization	Location
Barbara Grove	Member	Central Valley Ag	Sioux City, IA
Brad Perry	Member	Scoular	Omaha, NE
Casey Hannan	Member	Bunge	Omaha, NE
Chris Frederking	Member	Zen-Noh Grain Corp.	Convent, LA
Chris Reed	Member	The Andersons Inc.	Overland Park, KS
Dawn Schuman	Member	Siemer Milling Company	West Harrison, IN
Dian McGuire	Member	Midsouth Grain Association	Lexington, TN
Erika Davis	Committee Apprentice	LDC – Louis Dreyfus Company	Kansas City, MO
Harrison Lang	Member	Bunge North America Inc.	Destrehan, LA
Jamin Manus	Committee Apprentice	Innovative Ag Services	Hubbard, IA
Jeffrey Adkisson	Member	Grain and Feed Association of Illinois	Springfield, IL
Kent Hamm	Member	The DeLong Co. Inc.	Minooka, IL
Kia Mikesh	Member	NDGI – Official Grain Inspection	Fargo, ND
Matthew Kerrigan	Member	EGT LLC	Longview, WA
Megan Bierschenk	Member	POET Grain	Shell Rock, IA
Michael Landry	Member	ADM – Archer Daniels Midland Company	Ama, LA
Morgan Schaiterer	Committee Apprentice	Viserion Grain LLC	Boulder, CO
Neil Johnke	Member	CHS Inc.	Inver Grove Heights, MN
Nick Friant	Chairperson	Cargill Incorporated	Minneapolis, MN
Philip Garcia	Member	Washington Department of Agriculture	Olympia, WA
Ryan Hendryx	Member	United Grain	Vancouver, Wash
Thomas Hall	Member	LDC – Louis Dreyfus Company	Wilton, CT
Thomas Sloan	Member	SGS North America Inc.	Saint Rose, LA
Tom Bressner	Member	Wisconsin Agri-Business Association	Madison, WI
Will Weathers	Member	Farmers Grain Terminal, Inc.	Greenville, MS

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Name	Title	Organization	Location
Alexander Cutillo	Member	Ingredion Incorporated	,
Bobby Frederick	Member	Cargill Incorporated	Washington, DC
Bryan Dierlam	Member	ADM – Archer Daniels Midland Company	Decatur, IL
Charles Lippstreu	Member	Michigan Agri-Business Association	Lansing, MI
Eli Earich	Member	Barrett, Easterday, Cunningham & Eselgroth LLP	Dublin, OH
Emmie Noyes	Committee Apprentice	CoBank	Manhattan, KS
Garreth Hubbard	Member	Purina Animal Nutrition LLC/ Land O’ Lakes	Saint Paul, MN
Gary Beachner	Member	Beachner Grain Inc.	Parsons, KS
Gordon Russell	Member	LDC – Louis Dreyfus Company	Wilton, CT
Garreth Hubbard	Member	LDC – Louis Dreyfus Company	Saint Paul, MN
Garreth Hubbard	Member	Purina Animal Nutrition LLC/ Land O’ Lakes	Saint Paul, MN
Garreth Hubbard	Member	Purina Animal Nutrition LLC/ Land O’ Lakes	Saint Paul, MN
Garreth Hubbard	Member	Purina Animal Nutrition LLC/ Land O’ Lakes	Saint Paul, MN
Garreth Hubbard	Member	Purina Animal Nutrition LLC/ Land O’ Lakes	Saint Paul, MN
Garreth Hubbard	Member	Purina Animal Nutrition LLC/ Land O’ Lakes	Saint Paul, MN
Garreth Hubbard	Member	Purina Animal Nutrition LLC/ Land O’ Lakes	Saint Paul, MN
Garreth Hubbard	Member	Purina Animal Nutrition LLC/ Land O’ Lakes	Saint Paul, MN

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