Release No. 0412.97


                                Alicia L. Ford   (202) 720-8998
                                                 aford@usda.gov
                                Robert Leverette (202) 720-8998
                                            rleverette@usda.gov



GLICKMAN NAMES MEMBERS, ALTERNATES TO SOYBEAN BOARD

     WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1997--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has
announced 13 reappointments and five new appointments to the United Soybean
Board.  

     With the exception of one producer in South Dakota to fill a 2-year
term due to a resignation, all will serve 3-year terms beginning December
1997.

     Reappointed members representing soybean producers by state are: 
Arkansas--Clarence B. Moery Jr.; Georgia--James A. Raines; Illinois--William
L. Dumoulin; Kentucky--George H. Martin; Louisiana--Raymond S. Schexnayder;
Minnesota--Douglas R. Magnus; Missouri--Joseph A. Paulsmeyer; New Jersey--Phillip D. Prickett; North Carolina--Earl B. Hendrix; North Dakota--Gary D.
Woodbury; Pennsylvania--Williard W. Haas; South Dakota--Lyle L. Henricks;
and Virginia--Robert B. Johnson.
  
     The newly appointed members by State are:  Indiana--Donald C. Reifel;
Iowa--Curtis A. Raasch; Nebraska--Norman L. Husa; and Ohio--Roy A.
Loudenslager.  

     Appointed for a 2-year term in South Dakota is Charles R. Friedrich.

     Glickman also announced two new appointments and one reappointment for
alternates to the board.  The Soybean Promotion, Research, and Information
Order provides for an alternate member for each state or region with only
one member on the board.  Alternates will serve terms that coincide with the
terms of members from the state or region which they will represent.

     Reappointment alternate member for North Dakota--Kent M. Gronlie.

     New alternate members by state are:  Georgia--Horace B. Waller III and
New Jersey--Martin J. Bullock.

     The 59-member board is authorized by the 1990 Soybean Promotion,
Research and Consumer Information Act.  The board administers a program of
soybean promotion and research to expand uses for soybeans and soybean
products in domestic and foreign markets. 

     The secretary selected the appointees from soybean producers nominated
by Qualified State Soybean Boards.  

     USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service monitors operation of the board.


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