US Grains Council elects new chairman at Colorado meeting
Members of the US Grains Council elected a new chairman during the organization’s 58 annual board of delegates meeting in August.
The group selected Jim Stitzlein, manager of market development for Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., to fill the position. He will serve through July 2019.
Previously, he has spent more than 40 years working with commodity grain handling and exports, and with local origination programs, hedging and merchandising, transportation, logistics, facility management, export trading and documentation. He also has been a long-term member of the council and is active with the National Grain and Feed Association.
With his selection, Stitzlein has chosen the theme of “When Trade Works, the World Wins” for his chairman’s position.
“The diversity of the US Grains Council is key to the work it does,” Stitzlein said in a release. “From farmers to traders and agribusinesses, each role is important in the Council’s mission of developing markets, enabling trade and improving lives.
"Working with those diverse perspectives within the global trade market is one way to encourage effective and efficient trade in both supply and price for international customers, steady growth in world markets and political stability throughout the world,” he added.