{"id":187299,"date":"2019-12-16T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T17:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=187299"},"modified":"2019-12-16T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T17:11:49","slug":"watne-re-elected-nd-farmers-union-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=187299","title":{"rendered":"Watne Re-elected ND Farmers Union, President"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jamestown\u00a0 (NDFU) \u2013 Mark Watne of Velva was reelected to a seventh year as North Dakota Farmers Union president by more than 600 members attending the organization\u2019s 93rd<\/sup> annual state convention this past weekend, Dec. 13-14, in Bismarck. <\/span><\/p>\n

Watne says, \u201cI\u2019m deeply honored to have the opportunity to serve the forward-thinking members of North Dakota Farmers Union. Even in these times of economic challenge, we find ways to work for solutions.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Kuylen of South Heart<\/strong> was reelected vice president.<\/span><\/p>\n

A mix of educational speakers, youth achievement recognition, policy debate and entertainment highlighted the convention, as well as Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company\u2019s annual meeting. Of special importance were two special orders of business adopted by NDFU members.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first called on Congress and the Administration to ensure future ad hoc payments, such as Market Facilitation Program payments, account for direct and indirect impacts of trade wars on all commodities, and account for basis costs as well. The second order calls on Congress to enact legislation to strengthen antitrust laws, reverse the trend of agribusiness consolidation, and protect family farmers and ranchers from abuses of market power. <\/span><\/p>\n

In other elections, Jon Iverson of Langdon<\/strong> joins the organization\u2019s board of directors, replacing Terry Borstad of Devils Lake, who did not seek reelection. Borstad served on the state board for 18 years. Iverson will represent members from District 1, encompassing the counties of Benson, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner and Walsh. Tyler Stafslien of Makoti<\/strong> was reelected to the District 3 seat. That district encompasses the counties of Burke, Divide, Mountrail, Renville and Williams. Wes Niederman Jr. of Elgin<\/strong> was reelected to the District 5 seat. District 5 comprises a nine-county area: Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Sheridan and Sioux. Ronda Throener of Cogswell<\/strong> was reelected to represent NDFU members in District 7. The district encompasses the counties of Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele and Traill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Members also elected delegates to represent North Dakota at the National Farmers Union (NFU) Convention, which will be held March 1-3 in Savannah, Ga. They include:<\/span><\/p>\n

ALAMO <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Devin Jacobson. ASHLEY \u2013 <\/span><\/strong>Polly Ulrich. BEACH<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 David Ekre. BINFORD<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Ron Halvorson. CENTER <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Dave Berger. COGSWELL <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Joseph Throener. CRARY<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Adam Leiphon. DAZEY<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Justin Sherlock. DEVILS LAKE<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Terry Borstad, Mary Borstad. DOUGLAS<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Bob Finken, De Anne Finken. DRAKE <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Mary Blumhagen. EDGELEY<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Richard Schlosser; GLADSTONE<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Jon Pierce, Lenci Sickler. GRAND FORKS <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Jeanna Smaaladen. GRANVILLE<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Kendra Larsen, Kyle Larsen. JAMESTOWN <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Lori Carlson, Roy Musland; JUD<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Alan Bergman; MCCLUSKY<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Eden McLeod. MENOKEN<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Karen Kershaw. MOTT <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Jan Ottmar. NEW SALEM<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Joanne Beckman. PAGE <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Brad McKay. REGENT <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Curtis Wax. SHARON<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Ben Vig. ST. ANTHONY<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Steve Tomac. SELZ<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Adam Held. SHERWOOD <\/span><\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Ben Ethen, Lacey Ethen, Steve Keith. TIOGA<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Patty Jensen. TOLNA<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Sheila Rude. TOWNER<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Ryan Taylor. VALLEY CITY<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Bob Bruns. WILLISTON<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Kurt Andre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keynote and convention speakers included Jay Debertin, CHS president & CEO; Roger Johnson, NFU president; Tom Halverson, CoBank president & CEO; U.S. Sen. John Hoeven; Josh Kramer, N.D. Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives CEO\/general manager; Dan Hildebrandt, CEO of Farmers Union Industries; and Frayne Olson, NDSU crop economist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Closing out the convention was the Torchbearer Award ceremony, where 20 youths earned the highest honor that can be achieved in the Farmers Union youth program. Recipients (listed by county) include: <\/span><\/p>\n

BARNES <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Benton Murray, Valley City. BENSON <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Jacob Arnold, Esmond. CASS<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Koral Salisbury, Horace. <\/span><\/p>\n

CAVALIER <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Marcus Iverson, Langdon. EDDY<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Garret Schuster, New Rockford. EMMONS<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Haley Hase and Bailey Hulm, both of Linton. HETTINGER<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Autumn Geerts, Mott. LAMOURE<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Jakkia Duffy, LaMoure; Kevonna Isakson, Litchville. LOGAN <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Kourtney Bitz, Kylee Bitz, both of Wishek. MORTON<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Teresa Westberg, St. Anthony. SARGENT<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Joseph Throener, Cogswell. STUTSMAN <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Zebedee Willer, Jamestown. TRAILL<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Chase Fossum, Hillsboro. WARD<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Hailee Miller, Sawyer. WILLIAMS <\/span><\/strong>\u2013 Taylor Barman, Danika Knox, Lydia Oster, all of Ray. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Jamestown\u00a0 (NDFU) \u2013 Mark Watne of Velva was reelected to a seventh year as North Dakota Farmers Union president by more than 600 members attending the organization\u2019s 93rd annual state convention this past weekend, Dec. 13-14, in Bismarck. Watne says, \u201cI\u2019m deeply honored to have the opportunity to serve the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":146783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187300,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187299\/revisions\/187300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/146783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}