Owen County farmer to serve on 2023 IBCA Executive Committee

The 2023 IBCA Executive Committee from left to right, Dr. Jennie Hodgen, Andrew Stewart, Jill Duncan, Jeff Sherfield, Keegan Poe, Kelley Sheiss and Tim Schwab
The 2023 IBCA Executive Committee from left to right, Dr. Jennie Hodgen, Andrew Stewart, Jill Duncan, Jeff Sherfield, Keegan Poe, Kelley Sheiss and Tim Schwab

The Indiana Beef Cattle Association (IBCA) held elections during the recent Area Beef Meetings to choose three Area Directors who sit on the IBCA-IBC Board of Directors. Beef producers in Area 5 re-elected J.D. Faulk of Worthington, producers in Area 7 elected Dan Chesnut of Bath and producers in Area 11 elected Jacob Pettigrew of Columbia City.

During the recent convention at the Sheraton Hotel on January 21st, the IBCA membership elected officers for 2023-2024. The new officers approved by the membership were: President- Jeff Sherfield of Spencer, President-Elect- Kelley Sheiss of Larwill; Vice President- Keegan Poe of Franklin and Treasurer- Andrew Stewart of Greensburg. Also serving on the Executive Committee with the officers are Promotions Committee Chair, Dr. Jennie Hodgen, Membership Chair, Tim Schwab and Immediate Past President, Jill Duncan.

The IBCA Board of Directors is made up of 10 Area Directors as well as representatives from dairy, veal and allied industries. These local producer leaders serve on the board for the IBCA as well as the Indiana Beef Council (IBC) to manage the collection and allocation of the Beef Checkoff.

For more information about the board or to get a complete listing of the IBCA Board of Directors, visit www.indianabeef.org or contact the IBCA office at 317-293-2333.

This article originally appeared on Evening World: Owen County farmer to serve on 2023 IBCA Executive Committee