Your Wheat.
Our Mission.
The Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association work in partnership to empower Texas wheat farmers. The board invests in market development and innovation while the association champions producer interests. Together, Texas Wheat delivers the reliable information and the collective voice that growers need.
Texas Wheat Producers Board
Established in 1971, the Texas Wheat Producers Board is a farmer-funded organization dedicated to investing in the future of Texas wheat through research, market development and educational outreach. Guided by a “Farmers First” philosophy and a commitment to transparency, the organization is led by fifteen farmers who guide programs and provide key regional representation. From funding agronomic studies to promoting Texas wheat in domestic and international markets, the board seeks to create tangible value for Texas farmers.
Texas Wheat Producers Association
The Texas Wheat Producers Association is the centralized voice of Texas wheat growers, advocating for their interests locally and nationally. As a grassroots organization founded in 1950, the association champions policies that protect and advance wheat production, from water rights and crop insurance to trade and environmental regulations. Building strong alliances with legislators, industry partners and national wheat organizations, the association ensures the needs of Texas wheat producers are heard and addressed.
District I
Spearman
Stratford
Perryton
Board Budget Committee
Jason has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2021. He farms alongside his family in Perryton where they grow wheat, corn, cotton and grain sorghum along with producing seed for forage seed companies. Their family has been farming the same land since 1917 and has been designated as a Century Farm by the Family Land Heritage Program.
The Schickedanz family also ranches in Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona and operates Broken Arrow Crop Insurance, which specializes in rainfall insurance coverage, including the annual forage and PRF programs which they developed for USDA.
District II
Hereford
Board Research Committee
Landon has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2023. He farms alongside his family, producing wheat, corn and sorghum. Landon also manages F Troop Grain in Umbarger and is involved in his family’s feedyard operation, F Troop Feeders.
Landon is active in his community as a volunteer firefighter with the Dawn VFD and has served as a board member of the Deaf Smith County Farm Bureau.
Panhandle
Tulia
Board Research Committee Vice Chair
Eddie has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2023. His farming operation spans Swisher, Briscoe, Hale and Randall counties and includes row crop production, cattle ranching and stocker cattle. Eddie spent 37 years with the Farm Service Agency where he served as a County Executive Director in Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Swisher, Randall, Briscoe and Castro counties.
Eddie serves as a Texas delegate for the National Association of Wheat Growers and provides Texas leadership on the Environment and Research Committee. He also serves as a deacon at First Baptist Church of Tulia, is active in Swisher County Farm Bureau and previously served on the Tulia ISD School Board and the Tulia Chamber of Commerce Board.
District III
Throckmorton
Association President | Board Vice Chairman, Research (Chair) & Budget Committees
Jody has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2005. He operates registered and commercial cow/calf, stocker and wheat enterprises alongside his wife, Betsy, and their family across Throckmorton, Haskell and Baylor counties in Texas, as well as Otero, Elbert and Huerfano counties in Colorado.
Throughout his career, Jody has held numerous leadership roles, including service with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Texas Cattle Feeders Association, National Ranching Heritage Center, Throckmorton Soil & Water Conservation District Board, First National Bank of Throckmorton, First Methodist Church of Throckmorton and the Throckmorton Independent School District.
Newcastle
Association Secretary/Treasurer
Vernon
Association First Vice President | Board Research & Budget Committees
Freddie has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2010. His family has farmed in Wilbarger County since his grandfather immigrated from Switzerland in the 1800s. Today, Freddie produces corn, wheat, alfalfa and Bermuda grass while also raising cattle. For more than 30 years, he operated a harvest crew that traveled from Texas to Canada for wheat and corn harvest.
Freddie has previously served as a delegate of the National Association of Wheat Growers and as a Wilbarger County Commissioner.
District IV
Ferris
Association Second Vice President | Board Chairman, Research & Budget Committees
Scott has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2015. He operates a diversified row crop operation in Ellis County, producing wheat, corn, cotton and sunflowers. Scott began farming part time while working as an engineer for Factory Mutual Engineering in Dallas. Over time, he and his wife, Kristy, transitioned the operation into a full-time farming enterprise in 1999.
Scott serves as a Texas delegate for the National Association of Wheat Growers, where he provides input to the Domestic and Trade Policy Committee. He is an active member of the Ellis County Farm Bureau and remains deeply involved in his local community.
Grandview
Board Budget Committee Chair
Ken has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2000. He and his family farm in Johnson, Hill and Ellis counties, where their KD Farm operation includes wheat, corn, sorghum and cattle production, along with a custom trucking business.
Ken serves as a Texas delegate for the U.S. Wheat Associates. Throughout his career, he has held numerous leadership roles, including service with the Blackland Income Growth Program, Federal Land Bank of Hillsboro, Texas Land Bank, First Financial Bank of Cleburne and the TCU Ranch Management Alumni Board. He is a longtime member of Texas Farm Bureau and has served as chairman of the state Young Farmer and Rancher Committee.
Howe
Board Secretary/Treasurer & Research Committee
Tyler has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2019. He farms alongside his family in Howe, where they raise wheat, corn and cattle. Tyler and his wife, Keely, are raising their daughter as the fifth generation of Normans on the family farm.
Tyler is actively involved in the Grayson County Farm Bureau and the Grayson County Appraisal District.
Winters
Board Research Committee
Cody has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 2025. A fifth-generation farmer, Cody grows wheat and cotton and runs a cow-calf operation with his wife, Kristen, and their three children. Cody and his family built their own grain handling facility to more efficiently handle their wheat.
Dawson
Lavon
Board Research Committee
Ben has served as a director for the Texas Wheat Producers Board and Association since 1985. He operates B. Scholz Farms alongside his wife, Beth, where they grow wheat, grain sorghum, corn, cotton, soybeans and hay. Ben also previously served as CEO and president of Producers Compress, Inc., a company providing leased warehouse space and cotton storage services.
Ben serves as the vice chairman for the National Wheat Foundation and has held several leadership positions with the National Association of Wheat Growers, including leading the organization as president in 2019. Throughout his career, he has also been active in the Cotton Grower Warehouse Association, Cereal Crops Research Institute, Collin County Farm Bureau and the Collin County Soil and Water Conservation District.
Staff
Executive Director
Steelee joined Texas Wheat in 2008 and since that time has served in positions directing communications and policy. In 2025 she assumed the role of Executive Director, leading the organization’s strategic direction and overseeing all programs serving the state’s wheat farmers, with a particular focus on policy development and advocacy.
A native of Meadow, Texas, Steelee was raised in a community and family built on agricultural production. Today, her family still farms in Terry County growing cotton, wheat, sorghum and peanuts. She earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in agricultural communications from Texas Tech University. Steelee and her husband reside in Wildorado, Texas, where they raise commercial sheep and show pigs alongside their two children, Mattlee and Case. Her favorite time of year is turning sheep out on wheat pasture.
Director of Outreach
Kimberly Clark has served as the Director of Outreach since 2025. In this role, Kimberly leads the communication and education efforts for the organization and oversees the operations of the state assessment.
Kimberly comes from a farming and ranching family in Texline, Texas and developed her love of agriculture on her grandparent’s farm where they grew corn, wheat and sorghum and had a cow-calf operation. Kimberly graduated from West Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural media and communications. During her time at WTAMU, Kimberly worked as an intern at Texas Wheat, which fueled her passion for the wheat industry. She also earned a master’s degree in agricultural communications from Texas Tech University. Kimberly began her career in the education industry and has also worked as a college instructor.
Director of Producer Relations
Bailey has served as the Director of Producer Relations since 2025. In this role, Bailey leads Texas Wheat’s membership and research programs.
Bailey was raised on her family’s farm in Manter, Kansas where they grow dryland wheat and grain sorghum and sell certified wheat seed. Bailey graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications and journalism. She also earned a master’s degree in agricultural communications from Texas Tech University.
HISTORY
Serving Texas Wheat Farmers
for 75 Years
In the late 1940s, Texas wheat farmers began gathering to tackle challenges like drought, government quotas and volatile markets. Those early conversations in the Panhandle grew into the Texas Wheat Producers Association, a farmer-led effort to give producers a unified voice in agricultural policy.
When the Texas Wheat Producers Board was established in 1971, the organization expanded beyond advocacy to support marketing, promotion, research and education. Today, the mission endures: a farmer-driven commitment to strengthen and protect the future of Texas wheat.
75 Years Of Advocacy
Assessment
Checkoff collections DO NOT constitute membership in the Texas Wheat Producers Association, which operates on voluntary private producer membership dues.
Collections are to be made by the “first handler” whether sold, placed in private or government storage, warehouse receipt issued, cleaned for seed, processed or shipped. This includes elevators, gins, pick-up points, shippers, seed companies, mills, feeding facilities or FSA offices, etc.
Grain Assessment
The current assessment rate is three cents per bushel on all wheat sold in Texas. This rate was established by a referendum of Texas wheat producers in 2023 and is compliant with the Texas Commodity Referendum Law.
Small Grain Silage Assessment
In 2025, Texas wheat farmers voted to establish a refundable assessment on small grains silage sold in Texas. The assessment rate will be set by the board annually and limited to 16 cents per ton through 2027 and 24 cents per ton beginning in 2028.
Refunds
While there is no exemption from paying the grain or silage assessments, producers or agribusinesses are allowed to obtain a refund. Applications for a refund must be made within 60 days of the payment date. Refunds will be made within 30 days of the request and receipt of funds from the first handler. To request a refund, mail the refund request, including proof of payment, to the Texas Wheat Producers Board at: 5405 West Interstate 40 Amarillo, TX 79106.
