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Minnesota Milk Legislator of the Year

A lawmaker from the Twin Cities has been named Minnesota Milk’s Legislator of the Year.

Representative Denny McNamara of Hastings is being recognized for his commonsense know-how.

“His business-mindedness behind the fact he even has his own tree care and landscaping business gives him that industry know-how.  Of course the leadership qualities that he has have served him well and allowed him to make sound decisions.”

That’s Sangeetha Gummadi, policy relations manager with Minnesota Milk.

She says the Legislator of the Year is selected through a committee process.

“The policy committee brings it forward and then our board of directors votes on that.  Many considerations are taken in and there’s always good discussion.  Every year we have a good pool of candidates to pick from and this year was definitely another exceptional example.”

Gummadi tells Brownfield Minnesota Milk has already identified some important issues for the 2016 legislative session.

“Process and capacity; obviously each year there are drastic changes, but this year more than ever we’re seeing a need for increased innovation and processing capacity all across the board.  Another one is safer roads-having driver’s licenses for all our employees and on-farm members.”

Minnesota Milk recognizes one legislator each year that demonstrates support to dairy farmers by their actions at the state capitol.