The Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council is seeking candidates for three positions on its board of directors. Members of the Minnesota Wheat Research and Promotion Council are elected to direct Minnesota wheat checkoff dollars to benefit wheat producers.
Board members must be wheat producers willing to serve as leaders and advocates for the Minnesota wheat industry and to work to improve industry profitability and viability. To be considered, a person must have shared in the profits and risk of loss from producing wheat during the current or preceding marketing year.
Directors are elected to serve three-year terms, and the board meets approximately six times throughout the year. The following positions are open:
Area 1 Representatives – Two Positions open:
Area 1 includes the counties of Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Polk, Pennington, Red Lake, and Roseau.
Area 2 Representative – One Position open:
Area 2 includes the counties of Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Traverse, Wilkin, Aitkin, Becker, Carlton, Cass, Clay, Cook, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Kanabec, Lake, Mahnomen, Morrison, Norman, Pine, St. Louis, Todd, and Wadena.
To become a candidate, you need to fill out a short candidate form. Call Minnesota Wheat Council Office 1-800-242-6118 extension 3, for candidate form.
Council elections will be held at multiple polling locations throughout Minnesota. These locations will be in conjunction with the Small Grains Update meetings the week of January 15-18 and January 28, 2019. Alternatively, eligible producers can request an absentee ballot by December 11, 2018. Request a ballot by calling the MWRPC office or emailing Ruth White, Minnesota, Department of Agriculture, at ruth.white@state.mn.us. Absentee ballots need to be returned with a postmark of December 26, 2018.
