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\"\"(NDSA)\u00a0 North Dakota Stockmen\u2019s Association (NDSA) members tapped 32-year member and New Rockford, N.D., cattleman\u00a0Jeff Schafer<\/strong>\u00a0for a second term as the organization\u2019s president at the NDSA\u2019s 92nd\u00a0Annual Convention & Trade Show, \u201cGetting it Done in \u201821,\u201d Sept. 25 in Fargo, N.D.<\/p>\n

Schafer\u2019s Rhein Valley Farm<\/strong> is a sixth-generation operation, with three of those generations currently operating the diversified farm and ranch. It is comprised of an Angus cow-calf operation and a backgrounding and finishing feedlot for owned and purchased cattle. Schafer and his family also raise corn, soybeans, pinto beans and seed oats and are full-service feed dealers. Schafer and his wife Leann have three children, Chelsey (Kyle) Erdmann, Colten and Corey. Schafer served on the NDSA Budget Committee and Brand Board and was a District 1 director before ascending to the NDSA\u2019s top post.<\/div>\n
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In remarks during the opening business session, he discussed challenges facing the industry, ranging from border-to-border drought to price discovery; explained the NDSA\u2019s efforts to help producers through those challenges; and highlighted some of the organization\u2019s achievements over the past year. Among them: passage of a significant piece of property rights legislation, the crack-down on cattle rustling and a record-setting membership.<\/div>\n
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Jason Leiseth<\/strong>, a 34-year member from Arnegard, N.D., was re-elected NDSA vice president at the convention. Leiseth and his wife Peggy have three children, Erik (Fallon), Brady and Tyler. Leiseth operates a commercial Red Angus cow-calf operation and raises small grains and hay. Before being elected vice president for his first term last year, Leiseth was a District 5 director, served on the NDSA Brand Board and was the chairman of the NDSA Feeding and Marketing Committee.<\/div>\n
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At the convention, NDSA members also elected or re-elected six directors to represent their respective districts.<\/div>\n
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In District 1,\u00a0Erika Kenner<\/strong>\u00a0of Leeds, N.D., was re-elected to a second four-year term. The 13-year NDSA member is a third-generation producer on her family\u2019s Simmental, SimAngus and Red Angus seedstock operation and diversified farm. Kenner has served on the NDSA Nominating Committee and currently chairs its Research and Education Committee. She is married to husband Tyler Lannoye.<\/div>\n
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Wade Dally\u00a0<\/strong>of Montpelier, N.D., was elected to a first four-year term in District 2. He runs a commercial cow-calf and Angus seedstock operation and raises his own feed. Dally is a 10-year NDSA member. He has served on the NDSA Nominating Committee and has one daughter, Bristol. Dally replaces\u00a0Brian Amundson<\/strong>\u00a0of Jamestown, N.D., who completed two terms and was no longer eligible for re-election.<\/div>\n
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In District 3,\u00a0Craig Kemmet<\/strong>\u00a0of Tappen, N.D., was re-elected to a second four-year term. The 32-year NDSA member manages a cow-calf operation, which focuses on Simmental, Red Angus and SimAngus genetics. He also backgrounds his own and custom cattle, markets bred heifers and raises potatoes, soybeans, corn and alfalfa. He has served on the NDSA Nominating Committee and Rancher of the Year Committee, is the vice chairman of the NDSA Environmental Issues Committee and has represented the NDSA on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Kemmet and his wife Leslie have nine children \u2013\u00a0Kandace, Alan, Kristine, Mary, Alex, Laurel, Kay, Hudson and Hayden.<\/div>\n
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Wayne Hepper<\/strong>\u00a0of Fort Yates, N.D., was elected to a first four-year term in District 4. A seven-year NDSA member, Hepper runs a cow-calf operation utilizing Angus and Limousin genetics. He also backgrounds cattle and farms. He was recognized by the North American Limousin Foundation as its Commercial Producer of the Year. Hepper has two daughters, Emma and Meg. Hepper replaces\u00a0Jamie Hauge<\/strong>\u00a0of Carson, N.D., who completed two terms and was no longer eligible for re-election.<\/div>\n
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In District 5,\u00a0Joe Schettler<\/strong>\u00a0of Killdeer, N.D., was re-elected to a second four-year term. The 22-year NDSA member represents the fourth generation on his family\u2019s Red Angus cow-calf operation. He serves on the NDSA Brand Board and as the vice chairman of the Brand and Theft Committee and previously served on the NDSA Nominating Committee. He also represents landowners as a citizen member on the Legislative Interim Natural Resources Committee. Schettler and his wife Darci have two children, Taylen and Ali.<\/div>\n
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In District 6,\u00a0Kevin Hansen<\/strong>\u00a0of Ryder, N.D., was re-elected to a second four-year term. The 25-year NDSA member and his wife Liz run Hansen Simmental Ranch, a diversified crop and livestock operation, including alfalfa, corn, wheat, oats, barley, canola and millet, as well as Simmental and SimAngus cattle. They have five children \u2013 Wyatt, Hadlie, Nathan, Lexie and Morgan. Hansen has served on the NDSA Nominating Committee.<\/div>\n
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Other members of the NDSA Board of Directors and Executive Committee include the following: NDSA Immediate Past President\u00a0Dan Rorvig<\/strong>\u00a0of McVille, N.D.; District 1 Directors\u00a0Justin Maddock<\/strong>\u00a0of Maddock, N.D.,\u00a0Levi Rue<\/strong>\u00a0of Sheyenne, N.D., and\u00a0Cliff Sanders, Jr.<\/strong>, of Clifford, N.D.; District 2 Directors\u00a0Jeffrey Breker<\/strong>\u00a0of Havana, N.D.,\u00a0Jared Higgins<\/strong>\u00a0of Woodworth, N.D., and\u00a0Brian McDonald<\/strong>\u00a0of Leonard, N.D.; District 3 Directors\u00a0Tim Erbele\u00a0<\/strong>of Streeter, N.D.,\u00a0Lowell Malard<\/strong>\u00a0of Bismarck, N.D., and\u00a0Carter Vander Wal<\/strong>\u00a0of Pollock, S.D.; District 4 Directors\u00a0Joel Opp<\/strong>\u00a0of Hebron, N.D.,\u00a0Scott Katus<\/strong>\u00a0of Watauga, S.D., and\u00a0Casey Voigt<\/strong>\u00a0of Beulah, N.D.; District 5 Directors\u00a0Pete Best\u00a0of Watford City, N.D.,\u00a0Howdy Lawlar<\/strong>\u00a0of Watford City, N.D., and\u00a0Calli Thorne<\/strong>\u00a0of Watford City, N.D.; and District 6 Directors\u00a0Shane Anderson<\/strong>\u00a0of Towner, N.D.,\u00a0Dennis Jacobson<\/strong>\u00a0of Wildrose, N.D., and\u00a0Gary Martens<\/strong>\u00a0of Ross, N.D.<\/div>\n
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NDSA officers serve up to two one-year terms. Directors serve up to two four-year terms.<\/div>\n
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NDSA members interested in running for a leadership position should notify their district\u2019s respective Nominating Committee members. The Nominating Committees traditionally name their candidates in June.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(NDSA)\u00a0 North Dakota Stockmen\u2019s Association (NDSA) members tapped 32-year member and New Rockford, N.D., cattleman\u00a0Jeff Schafer\u00a0for a second term as the organization\u2019s president at the NDSA\u2019s 92nd\u00a0Annual Convention & Trade Show, \u201cGetting it Done in \u201821,\u201d Sept. 25 in Fargo, N.D. Schafer\u2019s Rhein Valley Farm is a sixth-generation operation, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":235811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235810","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\/235810","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=235810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235822,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235810\/revisions\/235822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/235811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=235810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=235810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=235810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}