MANHATTAN — More than 75 Farm Bureau members of Kansas have taken leadership positions within their farm organization and will serve on the organization’s agricultural advisory committees. Members on the eight state ag advisory committees surface commodity-specific issues, discuss solutions and make recommendations to the Kansas Farm Bureau board of directors.

“Having a solid group of committed members serve on our ag advisory committees means we have a strong grassroots organization,” Steve Baccus, Ottawa County farmer and president of Kansas Farm Bureau, says. “Each committee represents an ag commodity that is important to our state, and our committee members represent the entire state of Kansas. That’s KFB at its best.”

Committee members from northwest Kansas include:

Beef Committee
• Cash Schilling, Sherman County
• Shane Schlegel, Ness County
• Daniel Atkisson, Rooks County

Feedgrains Committee
• Stephen Bigge, Rooks County
• Nancy Cavenee, Greeley County
• Lynn Goossen, Thomas County

Hay & Forage Committee
• James Barrett, Decatur County
• Travis Lehmann, Smith County

Oilseeds Committee
• Kurt Maurath, Logan County
• Jody Hoffman, Ellis County

Sheep & Goat Committee
• Marvin Kaus, Sheridan County

Swine Committee
• Clarke Nelson, Phillips County
• Craig Renner, Norton County

Wheat Committee
• Cory Kistler, Thomas County
• Rodney Doane, Osborne County

Committee members serve through Sept. 30 with one-year appointments.