Growers join Potatoes USA executive committee

Growers join Potatoes USA executive committee

Phil Hickman of Dublin Farms Inc. and Jaren Raybould of Raybould Brothers Farm were recently elected to the Potatoes USA executive committee.

Hickman, of Horntown, Va., is owner and president of Dublin farms. He is serving his fourth year on the USA Potatoes board and has joined the Domestic Marketing Committee as co-chairman. He is the former chairman of the board’s Finance Committee and was a board member from 2003-09, including three years on the Domestic Marketing Committee.

Raybould is serving his third year on the board, and his first on the executive committee, according to a news release. He also is a member of the Idaho-E. Oregon Potato Control Committee, according to the release.

Hickman and Raybould’s new positions began in mid-March during the Potatoes USA meeting in Denver.

 

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