Release Date: May 15, 2019
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Media Contacts: Rick Hummell, Communications
Specialist
608-224-5041, richard.hummell@wi.gov
MADISON – Wisconsin ginseng growers have until June 10, 2019 to
vote to elect two new members to the seven-member Ginseng Board of Wisconsin.
Eligible growers may vote for two of the three growers nominated during the
period that ended April 1, 2019 or they may write in alternative affected
producers.
The nominees whose names will appear on the ballot are:
Keary Drath, Ogdensburg; Ronald Krautkramer, Athens; and Danny
Krueger, Wausau.
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection (DATCP) will mail ballots to producers the week of May 15. Ballots
must be emailed or postmarked by June 10, 2019. Elected producers will serve a
three-year term beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 2022.
Eligible voters who do not receive a ballot by May 22 can
contact DATCP’s Market Orders Program Director, Debbie Gegare, at 608-224-5116
or Debbie.Gegare@Wisconsin.gov.
The Ginseng Board of Wisconsin is responsible for administering
Wisconsin’s Ginseng Marketing Order. The board secures and distributes funding
for research, education and promotion of Wisconsin-grown ginseng. DATCP
administers elections for all Wisconsin market orders. To learn more about the
market order boards, visit https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/About_Us/MarketingBoards.aspx
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