As NGFA's manager of regulatory affairs, education and training, Jim is responsible for developing new education and training materials to assist NGFA members in complying with safety, health and other regulatory requirements.  He also is involved in reviewing and updating the NGFA's extensive inventory of employee safety education, training, and information materials, as well as addressing grain, feed and processing facility operations issues.

Previously a grain and crop inputs Production Supervisor for Cargill Inc in Ravenna, Neb., Seibert has more than six years of experience managing facility production and regulatory compliance inspections, and conducting ongoing safety education and process improvement projects at grain elevator facilities and feed mill locations.  

Seibert also serves as an Airborne Forward Support Company Commander in the Nebraska Army National Guard, having served in several capacities in his 16 years of military service.  

Beginning his career working on his family's farm in south central Nebraska, Seibert graduated from Oklahoma State University's College of Agriculture with a bachelor's degree in plant and soil sciences.