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Kleiman to Lead Board of Newly Created FarmFirst Dairy
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/18/2013
A Michigan dairy producer has been chosen by his peers to serve as the very first board president of the Madison-based FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative, which was created this month through the recent merger of Family Dairies USA, Manitowoc Milk Producers Cooperative and Milwaukee Cooperative Milk Producers. Peter
Kleiman of Wilson, MI, is among the 20 board members of the group who will lead the newly created cooperative for the coming year.
Kleiman owns and operates a 100-cow, 800-acre operation. He says the new board provides a unified voice to dairy producers of all sizes with producer representation from across the industry.
"As a new cooperative, we have the opportunity to work together to better fit member needs and minimize duplication," Kleiman says. "This new board is unified, excited to hear new ideas and ready to provide new offerings to our members."
He adds that the goal of each of the members is to remain profitable in the dairy industry.
Other board members include officers Richard Meyer, Unity, vice president; Bernard Vander Heiden, Kaukauna, secretary; John Rettler, Neosho; and Ken Wunderlin, Livingston. And remaining directors are Tom Breuer, Hartford; Mark Ryan, Fond du Lac; Dave Schmitz, Fond du Lac; Joe Schmitt, Holy Cross,
Iowa; Kathy Bauer, Faribault, Minn.; Rae Kohn, Medford; David Allen, Reedsburg; William Klink, Allenton; Randy Geiger, Reedsville; Francis Cherney, Milladore; Wayne Hansen, Van Dyne; Kelly King, Edgar; Marvin Anderson, Hillsboro; Lee Klumpers, Waupun; and Randy Peterson, Wilson.
The 20 directors come from nine districts made up of seven existing board members from Family Dairies, seven from MMPC and six from Milwaukee Milk. Within three years, the total number of directors will be reduced to nine.
FarmFirst Dairy, which has become the largest dairy marketing cooperative in the Midwest, represents more than 5,000 farms in Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana through policy bargaining, dairy marketing services, laboratory testing opportunities and industry promotion.
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