Description

Grain Grades and Weights Committee | Committee Chair: Nick Friant, Cargill | Staff Liaison: Jess McCluer

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.
NameTitleOrganizationLocation
Addie ShottsCommittee ApprenticeHedgePoint Commodities LLCChicago, IL
Barbara GroveMemberCentral Valley AgSioux City, IA
Blake BucknerCommittee ApprenticeDegesch America Inc.Weyers Cave, VA
Brad PerryMemberScoularOmaha, NE
Casey HannanMemberViterraOmaha, NE
Chris FrederkingMemberZen-Noh Grain Corp.Convent, LA
Christopher ReedMemberThe Andersons Inc.Overland Park, KS
Clayton CharlesCommittee ApprenticeFS Grain LLCMorris, IL
Dawn SchumanMemberSiemer Milling CompanyWest Harrison, IN
Dian McGuireMemberMidsouth Grain AssociationLexington, TN
Harrison LangMemberBunge North America Inc.Destrehan, LA
Jeffrey AdkissonMemberGrain and Feed Association of IllinoisSpringfield, IL
John LindgrenMemberUnited Grain CorporationVancouver, WA
Kent HammMemberThe DeLong Co. Inc.Minooka, IL
Kia MikeshMemberNDGI - Official Grain InspectionFargo, ND
Lawson HembergerCommittee Apprentice Milan, KS
Matthew KerriganMemberEGT LLCLongview, WA
Michael LandryMemberADM - Archer Daniels Midland CompanyAma, LA
Neil JohnkeMemberCHS Inc.Inver Grove Heights, MN
Nick FriantChairpersonCargill IncorporatedMinneapolis, MN
Philip GarciaMemberWashington State Department Of Agriculture (WSDA)Olympia, WA
Thomas HallMemberLDC - Louis Dreyfus Company, LLCWilton, CT
Thomas SloanMemberSGS North America Inc.Saint Rose, LA
Tom BressnerMemberWisconsin Agri-Business AssociationMadison, WI
Will WeathersMemberFarmers Grain Terminal Inc.Greenville, MS