Jed Bower, of Washington Court House, Ohio, serves as president of the National Corn Growers Association, a farmer-led trade association with offices in St. Louis and Washington.

Bower raises corn and soybeans with his wife, Emily and children, Ethan and Emma, on their fifth-generation family farm in south-central Ohio.

In addition to serving as president of NCGA, Bower chairs the organization’s Resolutions Committee and is a member of the Finance Committee

Previously, he served as board liaison to the National Pork Producers Council and the Waterways Council, Inc. and to the Member and Consumer Engagement and Production and Technology Access Action Teams. Prior to his election to the board, he served as vice chair of NCGA’s Market Development Action Team, and as a member of the Sustainability Advisory Group and Nominating Committee.

At the state level, Bower served as president of the Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association, and as a co-chair of Corn Vision 20/20.