Corn Board Candidate Profiles: Scott Wall
Editor's
Note: Over the next few weeks, NCGA will feature the profiles of
the growers seeking election to the National Corn Growers Association
(NCGA) Corn Board. Elections will be held at the Corn Congress session
in Washington, D.C., July 13 - 14.
NCGA’s
nominating committee announced a slate of nine candidates for Corn
Board elections. Successful candidates will take their seats on
the board Oct. 1.
Wall Points to Experience in Run for Corn Board Seat (6-29-05)
Scott Wall and his family grow corn and wheat in
Yuma, Colo. Wall, a Corn Board member, has been a member of the
Colorado Corn Growers Association since the 1980s, and he has served
the local and national associations in many capacities.
Wall was president of the Colorado Corn Growers
Association and a former chair of the Grower Services Action Team.
He also was a member of the Biotechnology Working Group. He also
served as a co-chair of the 2005 Commodity Classic. Currently, he
is also a member of the Colorado Administrative Committee.
“It’s important to have growers with
different types of backgrounds and from different parts of the country
to make up the Corn Board,” said Wall. “I have three
years of experience on the Corn Board. I’ve enjoyed my time
on it, and it’s given me the opportunity to learn about how
the organization runs and the opportunity to meet a lot of people.”
Wall said his experience on the Corn Board and with
the Biotechnology Working Group has given him the chance to meet
several growers from around the country. He also thinks the Corn
Board does a great job of taking everyone’s opinion into consideration.
“I think (Corn Board members) have done a
good job of not just doing what’s best for their own area,
but what’s best for all the growers in general,” Wall
said. “It’s exciting for me to see people working so
well together.”
Wall said the key responsibility of the Corn Board
is to listen to growers, whether it’s good or bad information.
“It’s important for people to know that
I’m open and available for comments and input,” Wall
said. “It’s important for the growers to know they can
communicate with us. If something goes wrong, we’d like to
hear about it. If something goes well, we like to hear about that
as well.”
To view Scott Wall’s entire Corn Board candidate
profile, please click on the following link.