Release Date: February 22, 2019
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Media Contact: Rick Hummell, Senior Communications
Specialist
608-224-5041 rick.hummell@wisconsin.gov
MADISON – The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection (DATCP) invites Wisconsin dairy producers interested in serving the
state’s dairy industry to submit a nomination form to represent their district
as a Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin (DFW) director. DATCP oversees the nomination
and election process. Eight of 25 districts are up for election.
District Counties
District 3 Lincoln,
Oneida, Price and Taylor counties
District 6 Chippewa
and Eau Claire counties
District 9 Shawano
and Waupaca counties
District 12 Portage,
Waushara and Wood counties
District 15 Adam,
Juneau and Monroe counties
District 18 Kenosha,
Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington and Waukesha counties
District 21 Crawford
and Vernon counties
District 24 Dane
and Jefferson counties
To qualify, a nominee must be an active dairy producer who
sells milk into commercial channels and lives in the represented district up
for election. Each potential candidate must acquire at least five signatures
from active dairy producers within the district, submit a completed nomination
form, and have the "Affidavit of Eligibility" certification
requirement notarized. Nominations must be postmarked by March 30, 2019.
Producers interested in serving as a director can contact
Market Orders Program Manager Debbie Gegare for a nomination form at 608-224-5116,
or Debbie.Gegare@wisconsin.gov.
Electronic copies can be accessed at http://www.wisconsindairy.org/board-of-directors/elections
DATCP administers elections for Wisconsin commodity marketing
boards. To learn more about the market order boards, visit Marketing
Boards.
Every year, one-third of the 25-member Dairy Farmers of
Wisconsin Board of Directors is elected to three-year terms.
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