Thursday, January 18, 2024

Mark Hamel now dairy chairman


 

Mark Hamel of Elmwood is the new chairman of Dairy Farmers of Ontario.


The Bruce County farmer has been a board member since 2018 and was elected vice-chairman last year.


He takes over from Murray Sherk of Plattsville who has been a board member for 12 years and chairman for four years. He is also vice-president of Dairy Farmers of Canada.



Roger Boersen, DFO board member for Region 10 was elected as vice-chair and Don Gordon, Board Member for Region 5, was elected as second vice-chair.