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Farm News: New Faces Join World Dairy BoardcommentsPosted: 03.22.2011
The "Grand Daddy of the Dairy Shows" has added some new faces to their board of directors.
World Dairy Expo’s Board of Directors elected eight individuals to the Executive Committee at their annual meeting,including their officer team: President: Mike Holschbach, Heatherstone Enterprises, Inc., Baraboo, Wis.
1st Vice President: Debbie Crave, Crave Brothers Farm, LLC, Waterloo, Wis.
2nd Vice President: Dean Hermsdorf, Vita Plus Corporation, Cottage Grove, Wis.
Secretary/Treasurer: Bill Barlass, Barlass Jerseys, Janesville, Wis.
Also serving on the Executive Committee are:
Tom Morris, Tom Morris Ltd., Amery, Wis.; Steve Larson, Hoard’s Dairyman, Fort Atkinson, Wis.; Steve Strickler, Strickler Farms, Iola, Kan.; and Bob Kaiser, University of Wisconsin Extension, Juneau, Wis.
Mark Clarke, World Dairy Expo General Manager; and Jeff Lyon, Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (WDATCP) serve as ex-officio members of the Executive Committee.
See the groups picture below. One of the key components to World Dairy Expo are its outstanding cattle sales that take place throughout the show. Tom Morris of Tom Morris, Ltd in Amery will now serve as the chair of the WDE’s Dairy Cattle Show Committee. He succeeds John Dalton, who provided leadership to the committee for the past four years. Bryan Voegeli of Voegeli Farms, Monticello, Wis., was elected Vice Chair.
The 2011-12 Commercial Exhibitor’s Committee Chair is Dean Hermsdorf of Vita Plus Corporation and Jane Griswold, representing Hoard’s Dairyman, Fort Atkinson, Wis., serves as Vice Chair.
Aside from those officers re-elected to their posts, WDE also welcomed some new input on the show.
The following individuals were appointed to seats in 2011:
Jeff Lyon, Deputy Secretary of WDATCP, Madison, Wis. (ex-officio member); Chuck Miller, representing Nasco, Fort Atkinson, Wis.; Bob Hagenow, Vita Plus Corporation, Madison, Wis.; Dave Kyle, Kylecrest Holsteins, LLC, Elkhorn, Wis., representing Foremost Farms USA; Tom Morris, Tom Morris, Ltd., Amery, Wis., Chair of the Dairy Cattle Show Committee and Ernie Kueffner, Kueffner Holsteins & Jerseys, Boonsboro, Md. Also serving as an ex-officio member is William F. Tracy, interim dean of the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
The board was established in 1970 when World Dairy Expo, Inc. was formed. “Around the World of Dairy in 5 Days” is the theme for World Dairy Expo 2011, which will take place Tuesday through Saturday, October 4 - 8 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. For more information, visit www.worlddairyexpo.com.
 World Dairy Expo’s 2011 Executive Committee members include, Front Row (L to R): Bill Barlass, Secretary/Treasurer; Mark Clarke, World Dairy Expo General Manager; Debbie Crave, 1st Vice President; Dean Hermsdorf, 2nd Vice President; and Mike Holschbach, President. Back Row: Jeff Lyon, ex-officio member; Steve Strickler, representing Dairy Farmers of America; Steve Larson, at-large representative; and Tom Morris, Tom Morris, Ltd., Dairy Cattle Show Committee Chair. Missing from photo: Bob Kaiser, Dairy Cattle Show Superintendent. |