Louisville, KY. July 26, 2024 – Members of the Farm Financial Standards Council elected its 2024/2025 leadership team and installed two new members of its board of directors at its annual conference held here July 24 – 26. All will serve through June 30, 2025.
Elected to the role of president is Jonathan Shepherd, Agricultural Extension Specialist and director of the University of Kentucky Income Tax Seminar Progem, Department of Ag Economics, University of Kentucky, Frankfort, KY. Previously Shepherd had served as president-elect and secretary/treasurer of the organization. Immediately preceding Shepherd and now immediate past-president is Deena Brown, lead underwriter with CGB AgriFinancial, Louisville, KY.
The new president-elect is Russell Morgan, CAC, principal with Morgan Agriculture Consulting Services, Portland, TN. He had been secretary/treasurer with the Council. Replacing Morgan as secretary/treasurer is Jeffrey Bushey, managing principal Nietzke & Faupel, CPAs, Pigeon, MI.
Elected to 3-year positions as directors are: Ari Chavez, controller at AgriVision Farm Management, Hartley, TX; and Todd Doehring, director at Centrex Consulting, Savoy, IL.
The Council is a member/volunteer organization established in1989 following the Farm Crisis of the 80s. It’s mission is to provide uniform accounting and financial reporting standards for agricultural producers. It produces two documents, the Financial Guidelines for Agriculture and the Managerial Accounting Guidelines.
