Michigan Ag News Headlines Soybean Association Announces Spike as New Director Michigan Ag Connection - 02/08/2010 At the Michigan Soybean Association's annual meeting, Bill Spike, from Owosso, was elected as an at-large director. Spike's position represents statewide broad planning and policy making decisions for Michigan soybean growers. "I believe each of us has an obligation to do what we can to promote and improve our industry and community," Spike claimed. "That is the reason I volunteered to be a candidate for the MSA, and I thank the members for electing me. I take the trust placed in me very seriously, and I hope I can help this organization move forward in a manner that will be of the most possible benefit to the soybean farmers of Michigan," he added. Spike has been a director of the Farm Bureau Board in Shiawassee County, a district Board member for Michigan Farm Bureau, director of Old Kent Bank for 22 years, and Chairman of the Shiawassee County 4-H Dairy Barn Fund. Nearly $30,000 was raised and numerous volunteers were organized to build a dairy barn with milking facilities at the new county fairgrounds. Spike is owner and operator of Spike Farms, a second-generation 1,000 acre, cash crop and former dairy farm in Shiawassee and Saginaw counties. He raises soybeans, corn, and wheat. Spike is also a licensed real estate broker and President of MI-LAND Reality, working primarily in the area of farmland and rural housing. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Dairy Production at Michigan State University in 1965. Copyright © 2010 - USAgNet.com. All Rights Reserved.