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MID AMERICA CROPLIFE ASSN ANNOUNCES ITS 2025-26 BOARD MEMBERS
• Standing: Steve Sloan, Lamberti Agriculture; Mike Lehman, AMVAC; Matt Wagner, GreenLeaf Inc.; Drew Ratterman, Corteva Agriscience Brian Clark, Schuetz Container Systems, Inc.; Aaron Deardorff, Syngenta Crop Protection. Seated: Aaron Locker, Kincannon & Reed; Matt Lawrence, Valent USA; Jaime Yanes, Albaugh, LLC. Sarah Betzold, BASF; Jane Hanson, Rosen’s; Randy Stookey, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association. Not Pictured Mitch Reed, Kova.


Source: Mid America CropLife Association news release

St. Louis, MO - With a strategic view on the future of agriculture and the crop protection industry, The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) is pleased to announce the election of the 2025-2026 Board of Directors approved during the Annual Members Meeting held September 4, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Newly elected officers are, President Aaron Deardorff, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC; Vice President Matt Lawrence, Valent USA, and Secretary/Treasurer Aaron Locker, Kincannon & Reed.

"MACA is on the move with a lot of valuable programs for our members and their employees, including Lunch & Learn sessions, the Young Leader Scholarship Program and our Developing Professionals Program. We will continue to build on our successes and this coming year we will be refocusing our efforts on the distribution & warehousing area of our membership. Through these efforts we are reinforcing the foundation which has served our membership since MACA's inception with offerings that will serve them even better. It's an exciting time at MACA and our future is bright," newly elected President Deardorff shared during the Annual Meeting.

Continuing his service to MACA, Mike Lehman, AMVAC, will serve as Immediate Past President, advising on important topics and the direction of MACA initiatives. During the Annual Meeting, Board of Director members elected to three-year terms were Sarah Betzhold, BASF; Matt Wagner, Green Leaf, Inc; and Jaime Yanes, Albaugh, LLC.

Continuing Board members are, Brian Clark, Schuetz Container Systems, Inc; Drew Ratterman, Corteva Agriscience; Steve Sloan, Lamberti Agriculture; Jane Hanson, Rosen's Inc; Mitch Reed, KOVA Fertilizer Inc; and Randy Stookey, Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association.

About MACA

The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) is a non-profit association of members of the crop protection industry from the 13 Midwestern states. MACA works to research issues relating to crop production and to work together to improve the crop life cycle, via health, safety, and public education. Check our web site at www.maca.org.


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