Woman elected to lead farm commodity group

Women are beginning to break the so-called “glass ceiling” in what’sliterally been a man’s field. A farm commodity group, the Iowa CornPromotion Board, has elected Helen Inman of Bancroft as its chairman.Inman says women have recently risen to leadership roles in other farmgroups.Inman says her goal as chairman of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board is to helpdevelop new uses for corn.Inman and her husband rotate corn and beans, run a small cow/calf operationand sell seed.(editor’s note: Mrs. Inman prefers the term “chairman.”)