Jason Lewis, of Henderson, Nebraska, serves as a member of the Corn Board of the National Corn Growers Association, a farmer-led trade association with offices in St. Louis and Washington.
Lewis farms 1,200 acres of irrigated corn and soybeans with his father-in-law. They also grow various specialty crops. With a PhD in horticulture, Lewis has taken knowledge and research gained in his time in higher academia to help enhance the family operation.
Lewis serves on NCGA’s Governance Committee, as liaison to the Climate Smart Ag Alliance of North America and to Field to Market. He is also a former chair of NCGA Sustainable Ag Research Action Team.
Back home, he serves as state representative of Nebraska Corn Growers Association of Hamilton County, co-chair of the Bethesda Mennonite Church Mobile Canning, vice chair of the Nebraska Corn Growers Association Research and Stewardship Committee and chair of the City of Henderson Planning Commission.
Founded in 1957, the National Corn Growers Association represents nearly 40,000 dues-paying corn growers and the interests of more than 300,000 farmers who contribute through corn checkoff programs in their states. NCGA and its 50 affiliated state associations and checkoff organizations work together to help protect and advance corn growers’ interests.
10/01/2024