Voting for the ISA Director elections is now open.
You are eligible to vote if you are a soybean producer and have paid into the Indiana soybean checkoff in the last two years; reside in the district you are voting; and are the single vote casted under your farm entity.
Voting will occur in District 3 only. Ballots will be sent to farmer members in that district during the week of May 20th and ballots must be postmarked by June 30th. Bios for the candidates are below. If you reside in District 3, and did not receive a ballot, one may requested by emailing Amber Myers, ISA Governance Manager, at amyers@indianasoybean.com.
District 3 includes these counties: Clay, Daviess, Dubois, Fountain, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Spencer, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warrick, and Warren. View District 3 on the district map here.
Because Districts 1, 2 and 4 were uncontested, no election will occur in those districts. Congratulations to the incumbent and new board members listed below.
District 1
Congratulations to board members continuing their terms.
Allen Buchanan
Buchanan grows corn and soybeans on his rural Benton County farm.
Dylan Christopher
Christopher grows soybeans, dent corn, and popcorn on his farm that crosses into White, Carroll, Tippecanoe, and Cass counties.
District 2
Congratulations to board members continuing their terms.
Carey McKibben
McKibben grows corn and soybeans on his farm in LaGrange County.
Brian Warpup
Warpup raises soybeans and corn on his farm in rural Huntington and Wells counties.
District 3
Here are the candidates up for election.
Seeking re-election
Kevin Cox
Kevin Cox of Brazil, Ind., seeks a third term on the ISA board. Along with his soybean crop, Cox also produces corn, hay and finishes feeder cattle on his farm that touches Clay, Parke, Putnam and Vigo counties. In addition to his farm, Cox owns and operates TST Trucking. A full-time farmer, Cox started farming in 1982. He has served on the Soy Aquaculture Association, the Farm Credit MidAmerica Board of Directors, Parke County Farm Bureau and the Purdue Extension Board. Cox is serving on the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council and the Parke County REMC Board. His goal is to speak in favor of agriculture and to “make a difference” for Indiana farmers.
Seeking re-election
Gary McDaniel
Gary McDaniel of Boonville, Ind., seeks a third term on the ISA board. McDaniel grows corn, soybeans, wheat and hay along with raising beef cattle on his farm in Spencer and Warrick counties. Along with his farm, McDaniel owns and operates Tanglewood Wedding and Events Barn with his wife, Shelley. A full-time farmer, he started his farm in 1966. McDaniel has worked with the Soy Aquaculture Association and the soybean checkoff’s biofuels committee. He has also served with Indiana Farm Bureau, Southern Indiana Livestock and the Indiana Tobacco Growers Association. The McDaniels have one child, Derrike. McDaniel wants to expand global markets for U.S.-grown soybeans and to educate farmers of the value of the checkoff.
Seeking first term
Philip Springstun
Philip Springstun of Boonville, Ind., is seeking his first term on the ISA board. A full-time farmer, Springstun grows soybeans, corn, hay and raises commercial beef cows. He started farming at the age of 16 in 1976. Springstun has served on the Warrick County and Indiana Farm Bureau Inc boards, the Indiana Ag Law Foundation and the Warrick County 4-H Fair Committee. He has made many trips to the Statehouse and Washington, D.C. on behalf of Indiana farmers. If elected, Springstun wants to increase the amount of research dollars to develop new uses for soybeans; help develop programs for producers and inform them of the value of checkoff dollars while supporting Indiana Soybean Alliance efforts.
District 4
Congratulations to board members beginning their first terms in November.
David Hardin
In addition to corn, soybeans and wheat, David Hardin operates a farrow-to-finish pork operation on his farm near Avon, Ind., in rural Hendricks and Putnam counties. He began farming in 2000. He earned a bachelor’s degree in animal production from Purdue University and a master’s degree from DePaul University. Hardin has been part of many groups including the Indiana Pork Policy Committee, the Farm Credit MidAmerica Nominating Committee and the Indiana Board of Animal Health.
Andrew McDaniel
Andrew McDaniel grows soybeans and corn on his farm in Rush and Shelby counties. A full-time farmer since 2020, McDaniel is also part owner of a soybean seed scouting company called MR Seed Partners LLC. He is a 2007 Purdue University graduate with a degree in agricultural systems management. He has worked with Monsanto and Bayer in manufacturing the packaging of DeKalb and Asgrow seed, and also was a member of the AgriBusiness Council of Indiana in 2019.
