GRAIN GRADES AND WEIGHTS COMMITTEE
Committee Chairman: Nick Friant, Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory Leader for Grain, Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
NGFA Staff Liaison: Jess McCluer
This committee works to develop and preserve inspection and weighing practices that facilitate timely, orderly, fair, safe and economical grain marketing responsive to customer needs. In this role, the committee provides 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. The committee is the principal liaison to USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration on official grain inspection and weighing issues in an effort to facilitate orderly marketing.
| Name | Title | Organization | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey D. Adkisson | Executive Vice President | Grain and Feed Association of Illinois | Springfield, IL |
| Tom Bressner | Executive Director | Wisconsin Agri-Business Association | Madison, WI |
| Dave DeVore | Grain Merchandiser | Siemer Milling Company | Teutopolis, IL |
| Chris Frederking | General Manager | Zen-Noh Grain Corp. | Convent, LA |
| Nick Friant | Regulatory Affairs Grain Product Group Tag | Cargill Incorporated | Minneapolis, MN |
| Barbara Grove | Quality Systems Manager | Central Valley Ag Cooperative | Sioux City, IA |
| Michael Hainline | Grain Merchandiser | Tremont Co-operative Grain Co. | Tremont, IL |
| Tom Hall | Louis Dreyfus Company | Wilton, CT | |
| Kent Hamm | General Manager | The DeLong Co. Inc. | Minooka, IL |
| Casey Hannan | Regional Operations Manager | Viterra | Omaha, NE |
| Neil Johnke | Sr. Merchandiser | TEMCO | Inver Grove Heights, MN |
| Matthew Kerrigan | Operations Manager | EGT LLC | Longview, WA |
| Michael Landry | General Manager Export Operation-Gulf | ADM Grain Company | Ama, LA |
| Harrison Lang | Logistics Manager | Bunge North America Inc. | Destrehan, LA |
| John Lindgren | Director Vancouver Export Terminal | United Grain Corporation | Vancouver, WA |
| Dian McGuire | President | Midsouth Grain Association | Lexington, TN |
| Brad Perry | Senior Operations Manager | The Scoular Company | Omaha, NE |
| Matt Stuever | Origination Manager | Bartlett Grain Company L.P. | Council Blfs, IA |
| Will Weathers | Manager | Farmers Grain Terminal Inc. | Greenville, MS |
| Donald Wray | Dierctor Of Operations | The Andersons Inc. | Maumee, OH |