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Board & Delegates

Unlike some agribusinesses, which are governed by people who have never planted an acre, Wheat Growers is governed by active agricultural producers. The board is comprised of elected members.

Fiscal Year 2011 Board of Directors

Back Row: Mick Aberle, LaMoure, ND; Mark Bushfield, Hitchcock, SD; Chris Eymer, Reliance, SD; Dale Swanson, Pukwana, SD; Gary Rau, McLaughlin, SD; Joel Erickson, Langford, SD; Dan Malsam, Roscoe, SD

Front Row: Glen Crawford, Aberdeen, SD; Jeff Lakner, Wessington, SD; Hal Clemensen, Conde, SD; Tom Morog, St. Lawrence, SD; Wallace Knock, Willow Lake, SD; David Salmen, Wessington Springs, SD

Not pictured: Charles Hahler, Ashton, SD; Lance Hanson, Columbia, SD; Steve Pfeifer, McLaughlin, SD

District 1 Directors & Delegates for 2012

Includes the counties of Brown and Marshall in South Dakota and Dickey, Sargent, LaMoure, Ransom, Richland, Cass and Barnes in North Dakota.

Directors:

Glen Crawford – Aberdeen, SD
Joel Erickson – Langford, SD
Lance Hanson – Columbia, SD

Delegates:

Gaylon Anderson – Aberdeen, SD
Brian Dennert – Columbia, SD
Colin Dutenhoffer – Aberdeen, SD
Gregg Erickson – Aberdeen, SD
Scott German - Oakes, ND
Paul Mathews – Cogswell, ND
Kirk Schaunaman – Aberdeen, SD
Scott Sperry – Bath, SD
Harlan Young – Aberdeen, SD
 

District 2 Directors & Delegates for 2012

Includes the counties of Spink, Day, Clark, Roberts, Grant, Codington and Hamlin counties in South Dakota.

Directors:

Hal Clemensen – Conde, SD
Charles Hahler – Ashton, SD
Wallace Knock – Willow Lake, SD

Delegates:

Roger Halvorson – Mellette, SD
Rory Troske – Turton, SD
Dave Jandel – Athol, SD
Matt Jessen – Redfield, SD
Brian G. Johnson – Frankfort, SD
Jason Pazour – Frankfort, SD
Dustin Schmidt - Redfield, SD
Nate Stuck – Brentford, SD
Wayne Binger – Tulare, SD

District 3 Directors & Delegates for 2012

Includes the counties of Beadle, Kingsburgy, Brookings, Lake, Miner, Sanborn, Jerauld, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, McCook, Douglas, Hutchinson and Turner counties in South Dakota.

Directors:

Mark Bushfield – Hitchcock, SD
Jeff Lakner – Wessington, SD
David Salmen – Wessington Springs, SD

Delegates:

Andrew Boomsma - Wolsey, SD
Linn Dickson - Cavour, SD
Darby Fast - Iroquois, SD
Ron Gilbert – Hitchcock, SD
Matt Micheel – Cavour, SD
Bob Moody – Huron, SD
Ronnie Prien - Stickney, SD
Michael Puffer – Hitchcock, SD
Eric Zell – Cavour, SD
 

District 4 Directors & Delegates for 2012

Includes the counties of Hand, Hyde, Hughes, Sully, Stanley, Jones, Lyman, Brule, Buffalo, Gregory, Charles Mix, Trip, Todd and Mellette in South Dakota.

Directors:

Chris Eymer – Reliance, SD
Dale Swanson – Pukwana, SD
Tom Morog – St. Lawrence, SD

Delegates:

Scott Biskeborn – Chamberlain, SD
Jerry Busch – Kennebec, SD
Doug Halverson – Kennebec, SD
Brian Kraus – Reliance, SD 
Matt Leisinger – Highmore, SD
Norval Millard – Presho, SD 
Harlan Smith - Harrold, SD
Neil Stevens – Miller, SD
Mitchell Swanson – Pukwana, SD
 

District 5 Directors & Delegates for 2012

Includes the counties of Dewey, Corson, Campbell, Walworth, Potter, Faulk, Edmunds, McPherson in South Dakota and McIntosh, Logan, Stutsman, Kidder, Burleigh, Morton, Sioux and Emmons in North Dakota.

Directors:

Gary Rau – McLaughlin, SD
Dan Malsam – Roscoe, SD
Steve Pfeifer – McLaughlin, SD

Delegates:

Val Goetz – Onaka, SD
Rod Hoffman – Morristown, SD
Norman Hettich – Roscoe, SD
Mark Meier – Roscoe, SD
William Plush – McLaughlin, SD
Wesley Schaible – Hosmer, SD
Joe Schmidt – Roscoe, SD
Paul Soebbing – Watauga, SD 
Brett Toennies – Cresbard, SD