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“Leadership in both houses understand the need for a diverse perspective on their Agriculture committees. Agriculture can be complicated, and a wide-ranging set of interests must be considered to make good public policy. Representative Travis Tranel (R-Cuba City) and Senator Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) are tremendous advocates for farmers, and we look forward to working with them this session,” said Cindy Leitner, President of Wisconsin Dairy Alliance.

“The ag committees include legislators who are large dairy farmers, business owners, experts in local government, and have a passion for protecting the environment while bolstering our farmers. This is exactly the representation we need in our Capitol, and we are grateful for the appointments,” said Kim Bremmer of Venture Dairy Cooperative.

"Nearly all committees impact the operations of our members, especially the Joint Finance Committee, Environment, Natural Resources, Transportation and the Joint Committee on the Review of Administrative Rules. Committee membership of each of these committees demonstrates that farmers have allies in our legislative leaders. Farmers are clearly a priority for Speaker Vos and Leader LeMahieu," continued Bremmer.

Majority Agriculture Committee appointments are as follows:

Senate Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

Senator Joan Ballweg, Chair

Senator-elect Cory Tomczyk, Vice-Chair

Senator Howard Marklein, Member

Senator Patrick Testin, Member

Senator-elect Romaine Quinn, Member

Assembly Committee on Agriculture

Representative Travis Tranel, Chair

Representative Loren Oldenburg, Vice-Chair

Representative-elect Karen Hurd, Member

Representative Joel Kitchens, Member

Representative Clint Moses, Member

Representative Jeff Mursau, Member

Representative Todd Novak, Member

Representative-elect Ellen Schutt, Member

Representative-elect Peter Schmidt, Member

Representative Nancy VanderMeer, Member

For a full list of committee appointments please see the releases from Speaker Vos and Senator LeMahieu.