St. Paul, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has announced the recent elections of board members to serve on three Minnesota commodity councils.
Elected to serve three year terms on the board of the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council are Kenneth Asp of Thief River Falls, (Area 1); Mark Jossund of Moorhead, (Area II); and Scott Lee of Benson, (Area III).
In the Minnesota Dairy Research and Promotion Council election, members elected to serve two year board terms are Peter Ripka of Ogilvie, (District 2); Ken Herbranson of Clitherall, (District 4); Ron Rinkel of Hillman, (District 6); Corrine Lieser of Belgrade, (District 8); Kathleen Skiba of North Branch, (District 10); Charles Krause of Buffalo, (District 12); Paul Fritsche of New Ulm, (District 14); Keith Knutson of Pine Island, (District 16); Dave Schwartz of Slayton, (District 18); Christine Sukalski of Leroy, (District 20); Carolyn Freese of Lanesboro, (District 22).
The Minnesota Turkey Research and Promotion Council elected board members to serve three year terms. They are Kent Meschke of Little Falls, (Region 1); Phil Munson of Cokato, (Region 2); Duane Jaenicke of Roseau, (Grower At-Large); Gene Brownfield of Redwood Falls, (Grower At-Large); and Robert Orsten of Willmar, (Breeder At-Large.
MDA administers the elections and certifies the ballots for all 13 of the state’s agriculture commodity councils.
