Every year several seats on the seven-member Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee board are open for appointment or reappointment by the governor. Three of these positions will be filled this summer.

The districts seeking two people to apply for each position include:

• District 2 — Calhoun, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham and Jackson counties

• District 4 — Huron, Macomb, Oakland, Sanilac and St. Clair counties

• District 5 — Arenac, Bay, Lapeer, Saginaw and Tuscola counties

Interested soybean farmers residing in these districts should contact MSPC Executive Director Gail Frahm at 877-769-6424 or [email protected].

All applications need to be completed by July 31. The term starts the end of September with the first meeting being after harvest and will be in December.

Interested applicants should attend a regular MSPC board meeting to understand the duties. The next meeting will be at the DoubleTree in Port Huron from 4 to 6:30 p.m. June 25 and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 26. Call if interested in attending.

The Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee’s mission is to manage checkoff resources to increase return on investment for Michigan soybean farmers while enhancing sustainable soybean production. For more about the soybean checkoff, visit michigansoybean.org.

Source: MSPC