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National Milk Producers Federation elects officers

Two new board members elected at the National Milk Producers Federation annual meeting in Orlando this week. Donald De Jong from Dalhart, Texas was elected to represent Select Milk Producers, Inc. and Larry Webster from Buffalo, New York, was elected to represent Upstate Niagara Cooperative.

Eight board officers were re-elected

• Chairman Randy Mooney, from Rogersville, Missouri, representing Dairy Farmers of America;
• First Vice Chairman Ken Nobis, from St. Johns, Michigan, representing Michigan Milk Producers Association;
• Second Vice Chairman Cornell Kasbergen, from Tulare, California, representing Land O’ Lakes, Inc.;
• Third Vice Chairman Mike McCloskey, from Fair Oaks, Indiana, representing Select Milk Producers, Inc.;
• Treasurer Pete Kappelman, from Two Rivers, Wisconsin, representing Land O’ Lakes;
• Assistant Treasurer Adrian Boer, from Jerome, Idaho, representing Northwest Dairy Association;
• Secretary Dave Fuhrmann, from Baraboo, Wisconsin, representing Foremost Farms USA;
• Assistant Secretary Doug Nuttelman, from Stromsburg, Nebraska, representing Dairy Farmers of America.

Three outgoing directors were recognized for their service on the NMPF Board of Directors: Tom Croner, from Berlin, Pennsylvania, and Les Hardesty, from Greeley, Colorado, both representing Dairy Farmers of America, and Clyde Rutherford, Syracuse, New York, representing Dairylea Cooperative.