Brad Olson was elected president of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. Olson is a crop farmer near Frederic in Polk County. Joe Bragger from Independence in Buffalo County will serve as WFBF Vice President.
Brad and his wife, Vicky, farm more than 600 acres of crops and are members of Polk-Burnett Farm Bureau. Olson was first elected to the WFBF Board of Directors in 2022 to represent District 9.
Kevin Krentz was re-elected president of the Rural Mutual Insurance Company. Krentz is a dairy farmer from Berlin in Waushara County. Dave Daniels of Union Grove in Kenosha County will serve as first vice president of the Rural Mutual Insurance Company Board.
Krentz was first elected to the WFBF Board of Directors in 2012 to represent District 5. He is president of Krentz Family Dairy, Inc. He has 600 cows and 1,300 acres of crops.
District Elections
Nine of the 11 members of the WFBF Board are in each of Farm Bureau’s nine districts. These nine individuals also make up the Board of Directors for the Rural Mutual Insurance Company. Rounding out the WFBF’s Board are the chairs of WFBF’s Young Farmer and Agriculturist and Promotion and Education Committees. Both serve a one-year term on the board.
Dan Meyer of Manitowoc County will serve a three-year term in District 6. He represents Brown, Calumet, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Sheboygan counties. Dan is a dairy and crop farmer near Kiel.
In a special election, Kim Bremmer of Loyal in Clark County will serve a two-year term representing District 8. She represents Clark, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Price, Taylor and Wood counties. Kim owns Ag Inspirations, LLC, a communications and marketing business for production agriculture. Bremmer succeeds Ryan Klussendorf of Medford in Taylor County.
Arch Morton Jr. of Janesville in Rock County will serve a three-year term on the board representing District 2. He represents Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Rock and Sauk counties.
Joe Bragger of Independence in Buffalo County will serve a three-year term on the board representing District 4. He represents Buffalo, Eau Claire, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe and Trempealeau counties.
Brenda Dowiasch from Eau Claire County will serve a one-year term as the chair of the Promotion and Education Committee and will serve as the representative on the WFBF Board.
Kat Peper of Rock Springs in Sauk County will serve a one-year term as chair of the Young Farmer and Agriculturist Committee and will serve as the representative on the WFBF Board. She succeeds Savannah Brown of Jackson County as YFA Chair.
Board members not up for re-election included: Dave Daniels of Union Grove in Kenosha County, Robert Nigh of Viroqua in Vernon County, Kevin Krentz of Berlin in Waushara County, Brian Preder of Weyauwega in Waupaca County and Brad Olson of Frederic in Polk County.
