The 2020-2021 National YC Program is sponsored by Farm Credit.
To be eligible for participation in the National YC Program, you must meet the following criteria:
NMPF asks that program participants commit to participating in monthly webinars and attending two in-person events throughout the year.
Every NMPF member cooperative with a recognized YC program is eligible to have at least one seat on NMPF’s YC Advisory Council. NMPF member cooperatives are responsible for selecting the YCs who will serve as their representatives on the YC Advisory Council. Each cooperative has its own way of choosing YCs for the council. Each new YC Advisory Council is democratically elected and takes office at the end of the Joint Annual Meeting.
YC Advisory Council members are the leaders of NMPF’s YC program. They are required to commit to at least two of the following leadership development opportunities:
James Weber
Chair
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Nathan & Angela Wiese
Vice Chairs
Farm First Dairy Cooperative
Tim Christiansen
Second Vice Chair
Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc.
Amanda Button
Agri-Mark
Rich & Shelby Holsopple
Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association
Micah Jr. & Emily Meyers
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Josh Neahring
Tillamook County Cooperative Association
Josh & Katie Sauter
Dairy Farmers of America
Kristopher & Chelsea Scheider
Foremost Farms USA
Jason & Tiffany Staehely
Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold)
Chad & Danielle Voelker
Prairie Farms
Matthew & Kaley Wolf
Dairy Farmers of America