The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin will have two new faces on its board of directors during the coming year. Members elected Paul Lippert of Pittsville and Brady Weiland from Columbia to a three-year term during the group's annual business conference in Wisconsin Dells on Thursday. They also re-elected incumbent director Janet Clark of Rosendale to a second term on the board.
Lippert owns Grass Ridge Farm LLC with his father, Matt, and brother, Carl. The dairy is home to 600 Registered Holsteins and Jerseys as well as 500 head of youngstock. Paul manages all daily operations including herd health, employee management, agronomy and financial analysis. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls with a degree in dairy science and the Farm and Industry short Course at UW-Madison.
Weiland owns and operates Weiland Dairy, LLC with his parents, brothers, and seven employees. As dairy manager, he oversees the 600-cow dairy with a focus on management practice and quality genetics to achieve the farm's goals. After graduating from Madison Area Technical College with a certificate in diesel technology, he furthered his education at the UW-Madison Farm and Industry Short Course.
And Clark is an owner in Vision Aire Farms, LLC, along with her husband, Travis, her parents, Roger and Sandy Grade, and her brother and sister-in-law, David and Torrie Grade. They milk 140 Holsteins and farm 1,200 acres of owned and rented land. She is responsible for financial management on the dairy. Janet received her bachelor's degree in agri-business management from UW-Platteville. She is a board member of FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative, current vice chair of Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin and a graduate of the Farm Bureau Institute.
The PDPW board meets throughout the year to plan organization activities and establish other ways to help achieve their mission of building a better dairy industry.
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