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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Clyde
Rutherford of Otego, N.Y, was
recently re-elected president of
Dairylea Cooperative Inc. at the
Cooperative's annual meeting
held in Liverpool, N.Y.
Rutherford and his wife,
Jeannette, operate a 500-acre
dairy which produces 1.8 million
pounds of milk annually.
Rutherford, who is also the
Cooperative's District 9 director,
serves on the board of directors
of the National Milk Producers
Federation (NMPF). In addition,
he is ? member of the Executive
Committee and chairman of the
Dairy Stabilization Committee
Task Force for the NMPF.
Regionally, Rutherford is on
the board of directors of O-AT
KA Milk Products Cooperative
Inc., and is vice chairman of the
board of directors of Atlantic
Processing Inc.
Four other Dairylea members
were re-elected to the Executive
Committee;
Warren Beardsley of
Fariport, N.Y, was re-elected to
serve as the Cooperative's first
vice president. Beardsley,
Dairylea's District 3 director,
manages a 165-cow Holstein
herd with help from three of his
sons, Lenny, Larry and Donald.
They grow 500 acres of corn, hay
and wheat on their Monroe
County farm.
Beardsley is active in a num
ber of other agricultural organi
zations. He is a delegate of the
National Milk Producers
Federation, and a member of the
New York Farm Bureau, Agway
Inc. and the Dairy Herd
Improvement Association.
Beardsley also serves as vice
president of the Health
Foundation and the Dairy
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In addition, Beardsley is a
director of the Western New
York Bargaining Agency and is a
New-York State district director
for the American Dairy
Association and Dairy Council
Inc.
Raymond Diebold of Altoona,
Pa., was re-elected Dairylea's
second vice president and secre
tary. Diebold, who has been a
member of the Executive
Committee since 1981, is also
the Cooperative's District 6
director.
In addition to his responsibil
ities as a Dairylea director,
Diebold is a director on the
Pennsylvania State Farmland
Preservation Board, a member
of the Altoona/Blair County
Farm City Week Committee,
and serves as Dairylea's repre
sentative on both the
Pennsylvania State Council of
Farm Organizations and the
Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Commodity Board.
He also serves on the agricul
tural advisory committees to
Sen. Robert Jubelier (R-Altoona,
Pa.) and Dr. Ted Alter, dean of
the College of Agriculture at the
Pennsylvania State University.
Diebold owns and operates a
175-acre farm with his wife,
Judy, and their three children,
Kenneth, Kevin and Karen.
They manage 104 registered
Holsteins with an annual herd
average of 19,700 pounds.
James Madigan of Towanda,
Pa., was re-elected to serve as
the Cooperative's treasurer.
Madigan, Dairylea's District 5
director, operates a 450-acre
Bradford County farm in part-
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Norton. He milks 100 Holsteins
and Brown Swiss with his wife,
Terri, and sons, Jason and
Byron.
Madigan is a member of the
Troy Area School District and
previously served as its presi
dent. Madigan is also president
of the Sul-Bra Co-op Council,
the local council of the
Pennsylvania Council of
Cooperatives, and is a member
of Agway, Farm Credit, the
Bradford-Sullivan County Farm
Bureau Dairy Committee, and
the Claverack Rural Electric
Co-op. In addition, Madigan has
served as a director of the
National Milk Producers
Federation.
Previously, Madigan served
on the advisory council for the
Pennsylvania Association of
Farmer Cooperatives Director
School, the Dairy Promotion
Committee of Bradford County,
and as a district committee
member of the Northeast Dairy
Farm Beautification Program.
Raymond Johnson of
Schaghticoke, N.Y, was re-elect
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Johnson farms in partnership
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