(March 2008) The KySGGA Board of Directors elected Sam Hancock, a producer in Fulton, the 2008-2009 association president at their spring board meeting.

Hancock says that he likes the direction the association is heading, commenting on the recent seed variety development and partnership with the University of Kentucky.

"It is great that we are getting technology back to the farmers," said Hancock, "and I would like to see that continue."

Hancock, 33, has been a KySGGA board member for 3 years and operates a 3200-acre grain and 4900-head hog corporation with his father Curtis. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Kentucky, and worked on a post-graduate degree at the University of Georgia.

Hancock is a member of the Kentucky Soybean Board, and has received the DuPont Young Leader Award and the American Soybean Association Conservation Legacy Award for the North Eastern United States region. He also recently completed the Kentucky Agricultural Leadership Program sponsored by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board. Hancock is a member of the Kentucky Farm Bureau, Lyons Club, and the First Baptist Church of Mayfield. He is married to Erin and has three children.

2008 KySGGA Executive Committee and Board of Directors