FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative Board elects officers

MADISON, Wis. — District 3 Director John Rettler, of Neosho, was reelected president of the FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative’s board of directors following the cooperative’s 13th annual meeting.

District 6 Director Bob Dietzel, of East Dubuque, Illinois, was elected vice president, District 4 Director Wayne Gajewski, of Athens, was elected treasurer and District 5 Director Stephanie Hughes, of Pittsville, was reelected secretary.

David Johnson, of Daggett, Michigan, was newly elected to a three-year term on the board of directors, replacing Steve Brock who announced his retirement last year.

Reelected to three-year terms on the 10-member board of directors included Rettler and Hughes.

Other board members include Mark Leichtfuss, of Green Bay, in District 2; Michelle Popp, of Unity, in District 7; Jackie Holub, of Boyd, in District 8; Kathy Bauer, of Faribault, Minnesota, in District 9; and Nathan Wiese, of Rosendale, as young cooperator chair.