Donald R. Ludwig. Mr. Ludwig, is a Logan County grain elevator manager and has served as manager/partner of Elkhart Grain Company since 1990. For 12 years prior to that, he was the general manager of East Lincoln Farmer Grain. He was raised on a grain and livestock farm in Northern Illinois, attended Southern Illinois University and has been active in the grain industry for the past 34 years. He is a past president of the Grain and Feed Association of Illinois. He currently serves as a Director of the National Grain and Feed Association and is a past chairman of its Country Elevator Committee. He is a past board member of Lincoln Community High School and the Lincoln/Logan Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the Ethanol Steering Committee of the Cooperative since its inception.