[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Albin elected to serve as Chair of the Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council[/title][fusion_text]Wednesday, July 8th 2015
Doug Albin, a corn, soybean, wheat and alfalfa farmer near Clarkfield in Yellow Medicine County, was recently elected to serve as Chair of the Minnesota Corn Research & Promotion Council (MCR&PC). The 11-member MCR&PC administers the efficient and effective investment of Minnesota’s corn check-off, which is a way for corn farmers to voluntarily invest in their own industry through a self-imposed fee paid at the first point of sale for every bushel of corn sold. Check-off funds are used to help corn farmers create new markets, increase productivity and profitability, improve water quality and environmental stewardship, and build a positive image for corn farming in Minnesota. Albin served on the Minnesota Corn Growers Association board of directors from 2000-10. He was elected to the MCR&PC in 2011, where he has served as vice president before being elected Chair at the June council meeting. Also elected at the June meeting were Chad Willis, Willmar, Vice Chair; Myron “Mickey” Peterson, Sacred Heart, Treasurer and Jerry Demmer, Clarks Grove, Secretary.
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