Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board director positions are up for election. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) invites Wisconsin dairy producers who are interested in serving the state’s dairy industry to submit a nomination to represent their district as a Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board director.
DATCP oversees the nomination and election process for Wisconsin commodity marketing boards including the Milk Marketing Board.
Eight out of 25 Wisconsin districts are currently up for election:
District Counties
District 2 Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Oconto and Vilas counties
District 5 St. Croix and Dunn counties
District 8 Marathon County
District 11 Outagamie and Winnebago counties
District 14 Jackson, La Crosse and Trempealeau counties
District 17 Calumet and Manitowoc counties
District 20 Richland and Sauk counties
District 23 Iowa and Lafayette counties
To qualify for a director position, a nominee must be an active dairy producer who sells milk into commercial channels and lives in the represented district up for election. Each potential candidate must acquire at least five signatures from active dairy producers within the district, submit a completed nomination form, and have the “Affidavit of Eligibility” certification requirement notarized.
Nominations must be postmarked by March 31, 2018.
Producers who are interested in serving as a director can contact Debbie Gegare the Market Orders Program Coordinator at (608) 224-5116 or [email protected] for a nomination form or access an electronic copy at www.wmmb.com/elections.
To learn more about the Milk Marketing Board, visit https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/About_Us/MarketingBoards.aspx
