Nominees for Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 -- 7:48 AM
-The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has certified 14 nominees as eligible for election to the Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.The following candidates, listed by district, are certified as eligible and ones for our area include, in District 6 for Chippewa and Eau Claire counties, Jaclyn Backhaus of Boyd and Douglas Danielson of Cadott. For District 12, Portage, Waushara and Wood counties, you have Ken Heiman of Marshfield and Steve Pankratz of Marshfield. DATCP confirmed that all certified candidates meet the administrative rule marketing order eligibility criterion of being an active dairy producer, or representative of an affected producer, selling milk into commercial channels, and residing within their respective districts. DATCP certified each candidate’s timely nomination form, which included five signatures from active dairy producers within the district as well as completion of a notarized "Affidavit of Eligibility" form.
To facilitate the voting process, DATCP is in the process of distributing mail-in ballots to dairy producers who reside within the eight affected districts. Producers who do not receive a ballot by May 10, 2019 should contact Debbie Gegare, DATCP Market Orders Program Coordinator, at (608) 224-5116 or [email protected] to request a ballot. The election period runs through May 24, 2019 with results announced the end of May 2019. For more election information, visit: www.wisconsindairy.org/elections
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