Greg Yielding Yielding comes to the NOA in 2019 from a 14-year career in the world of rice. He hails from Jackson, Mo., where he had been serving simultaneously as the director of emerging markets and special projects for the U.S. Rice Producers Association, as the executive director of the Missouri Rice Research and Merchandising Council, and as the executive director for the Arkansas Rice Growers Association.
Yielding lobbies for the industry’s interests in ag transportation, trade and labor issues, as well as regulations plaguing the industry. He wants to work toward ensuring regulations are what the industry can live with and are actually making a difference.
President — Doug Bulgrin, Wisconsin
1st Vice President — Delbert Gehrke, Oregon
2nd Vice President — Rick Minkus, New York