Dairy board election shows voter turnout and ties to farm groups
Wisconsin dairy farmers elected a 25 member Milk Marketing Board with members serving at AMPI NFO Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative Consolidated Badger Bordens Farmers Union Milk Marketing Co op Meister's Cheese Seeger's Dairy Golden Guernsey Crystal Lake Cheese. The typical member is 46 years old with 365 acres and 71 milk cows. Leaders cited busy spring field work and ballot distribution issues as causes for a 38.2 percent turnout. The board met in Madison to plan next steps including investing upcoming funds.
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Erative
AMPI
NFO
Wisconsin Dairies Cooperative
Consolidated Badger
Bordens
Farmers Union Milk Marketing Co-op
Meister’s Cheese of Muscoda
Seeger’s Dairy of Merrill
Golden Guernsey Cooperative
Crystal Lake Cheese Factory
Milk Marketing Board
Barron County
Karyn Schauf
Schauf
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Farm Bureau
National Farmers Organization
Wisconsin
Farmers Union
Lee Mulder
Chippewa Falls
Rosenow elected interim chairman of Wisconsin Milk Board
John Rosenow of Buffalo County was elected temporary chair on the board at Madison organizational meeting. He won 13 votes on the third ballot against Tim O Harrow of Oconto Falls. A permanent chairman will be chosen at the July meeting. The board discussed cost estimates for the referendum and election, with figures from 52 000 to 100 000 and about 11 million at stake for promotion and checkoff funding.
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John Rosenow
Buffalo County
New Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
Madison
Rosenow
Waumandee
Tim O’harrow
Oconto Falls
Rod Nilsestuen
Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives
la Verne Ausman
Close Wisconsin Milk Board races hinge on slim margins
In west central Wisconsin 25 Milk Marketing Board seats were decided by tiny margins. Fred Waldburger won District 3 69 to 67 over Michael Chaplinski, while George Ranud edged Gerald oo by one vote in District 7, and Ed Urban beat William Roth by two in District 12. Don Schmidt took District 14 by one vote over Jerome Servais, with Terry Musser third. District-wide tallies list numerous candidates and vote counts across districts.
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Wisconsin
New Milk Marketing Board
Wood
Portage
Waushara
Ed Urban
Pittsville
William Roth
Junction City
Don Schmidt
Melrose
Jerome Servais
Coon Valley
Terry Musser
Black River Falls
Trempealeau
Jackson
la Crosse
Francis Dummer
Holmen
la Verne Gullicksrud
Strum
Michael Taft
Osseo
Gary Gran
Hixton
Sylvester Clements
Don Bina
Thomas Newburg
Bangor
Races Show Varied Aftermath with Narrow District Counts
In District 2 Timothy OHarrow leads Oconto Falls with 139 while Carol Denowski totals 119 and Russel Brock 104. District 3 tops with Fred Waldburger at 69 over Michael Chaplinski 67, Ardis Meier 64. Districts 4 through 15 list district leaders and runner ups with vote totals, many by slim margins, across multiple towns and counties.
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Timothy O’harrow
Oconto Falls
Carol Denowski
Peshtigo
Russel Brock
Gillett
James Mackiewicz
White Lake
Roger LeVeille
Crivitz
Jerry Martens
Pound
Scott Jeski
Sobieski
Kenneth Osterberg
Niagara
Ralph Klatt
Chester Styczynski
Fred Waldburger
Gleason
Michael Chaplinski
Gilman
Ardis Meier
Stetsonville
David Krug
Owen
James Packenham
Rib Lake
Mary Lepke
Phillips
Kenneth Hoffman
Brantwood
Walter Tegen
Kennan
Virginia Bergman
Richard Wesle
David Kalman
Medford
Ken Denzine
Mark Bryan
Curtis Rohland
Withee
Karyn Schauf
Barron
Darold Nevin
Cumberland
Glen Wright
Amery
Donald Althoff
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State Farm Organization
Don Haldeman
Pavich
State Agriculture Department
NFC
Pierce, Pepin
Buffalo Counties
Haldeman
State Farm Bureau
No Milk Board
Price, Taylor
Oneida
Lincoln
Clark County
George Rau
Gerald Oo
Thorp
Richard Kretzschmar
Mellen
Dale Hubin
Shell Lake
Stephen Wester
Bruce
Frank Burdick
Ladysmith
Michael Evans
Iron River
Pauline Lawrence
Verne Sandberg
Grantsburg
Ronald Baxa
Sheldon
Vernon Johnson
Ashland
Don Sipple
Menomonie
Michael Cassellius
Glenwood City
Larry Bjork
Ralph Omtredt
Bloomer
Paul Pellett
William Drinkman
Downing
Larry Osterberg
Colfax
Roger Olson
Roger Henning
Fall Creek
Allard Peck
James Goller
Cornell
Diane Rosenbrook
Vernon Kellen
Bob Custer
Robert Travis
Augusta
Ken Mueller
Herman Boettcher
Dorchester
Gerald Glasshof
Charles Seefeldt
Granton
John Selz
Humbird
Norman Meissner
Chili
Donald Newman
Unity
Richard Meyer
Laverne Nessius
Gordon Meddaugh
Marvin Nandler
Ed Mathison
Clinton DeWitt
Colby
Norbert Raebel
Stratford
Eugene Witter
Wausau
Ronald Brown
Edgar
Brice Bender
Roger Fust
Marie Skie
Merrill
Ed Baumann
Alfred King
Mosinee
Elmer Seehafer Jr
Marshfield
Lyle Weden
George Lonsdorf
Ronald Huser
Arpin
Robert Gardner
Gerald Zarecki
Phillip Depp
Wild Rose
Gordon Krentz
Berlin
Norbert Walejko
Neshkoro
Cochrane
Wayne Anderson
Hager City
William Spindler
Durand
Dennis Prissel
C. Edward Hanson
River Falls
Robert Johnson
Mondovi
Dowaine Giraud
Norwalk
Herb Selbrede
Sparta
Mike Arttus
Wilton
Carroll Wallerman
Robert Franke
Manston
Ken Huber
Oxford
Warren Johnson
Terrence Ellsworth
Kendall
Hunter Sherry
Newett
John Deere
Durand Implement Inc
Durand, WI
Mondovi Imp. CO. Inc
Polfus
Richmond
Arcadia Implement Inc
Arcadia
Meyer
Baldwir
Galesville Equipment, Inc
Galesville
Yar
Tri-County Implement, Inc
Turtle Lake
Menomonie Equipment
Kohel Imp., Inc
Prescott
EAU Claire Implement Inc
Eau Claire
Morrison Implement, Inc
Chippewa Fall
Greene Implement, Inc
Osceola
Gateway Equipment, Inc
Damyland Implement, CO. Sheldon
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