The Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board directs research, new product development, international marketing and education to expand the market opportunities and sales of Wisconsin corn.

The WCPB has nine members who represent some 15,000 corn growers. This board is responsible for the oversight of an annual assessment of about $1.7 million. The assessment is $0.005 or one-half of a cent per bushel of corn.

About 50 percent of all the corn grown in Wisconsin is used for livestock. Recently, much of Wisconsin’s corn is used in ethanol production for fuel. A byproduct of ethanol production, dried distillers grains with solubles, is used in livestock feed. Wisconsin corn also is used as corn sweetener for soft drinks or corn gluten meal for livestock feed. In addition, some of the corn grown in the state enters the world market through the Milwaukee port or is loaded on barges and sent down the Mississippi River. 

District 1: Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, Iron, Vilas, Burnett, Washburn, Sawyer, Price, Oneida, Polk, Barron, Rusk, Lincoln, Chippewa, Taylor, Eau Claire, Clark, Marathon, Jackson, Wood, Portage, and Waupaca counties

District 2: St. Croix, Dunn, Pierce, Pepin, Buffalo, and Trempealeau counties 

District 3: Forest, Florence, Marinette, Langlade, Oconto, Shawano, Door, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee, Winnebago, Calumet, Manitowoc, Fond du Lac, and Sheboygan counties

District 4: Monroe, Juneau, Adams, Waushara, Marquette, and Columbia counties 

District 5: LaCrosse, Vernon, Crawford, Richland, Grant, Iowa, and Lafayette counties 

District 6: Sauk and Dane counties 

District 7: Green Lake, Dodge, Washington, Ozaukee, Milwaukee, and Waukesha counties 

District 8: Jefferson, Walworth, Racine, and Kenosha counties 

District 9: Green and Rock counties

PRESIDENT

RYAN RIPP – DIST 6
Lodi, Wis.  Email Ryan 

VICE PRESIDENT

CASEY KELLEHER – DIST 8
Whitewater, Wis. Email Casey

SECRETARY/TREASURER

SHANE GOPLIN – DIST 2
Osseo, Wis.  Email Shane

DIRECTORS

RANDY WOODRUFF – DIST 1
Chippewa Falls, Wis. 

ZAC SOLTVEDT – DIST 3
Seymour, Wis.

CAL DALTON – DIST 4
Endeavor, Wis.

MIKE BERGET – DIST 5
Darlington, Wis.

KEN ROSENOW – DIST 7
Oconomowoc, Wis.

RANDY HUGHES – DIST 9
Janesville, Wis.

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

TOM BRESSNER
Wisconsin Agri-Business Association
Madison, Wis.

DALE DRACHENBERG
Didion Ethanol
Cambria, Wis.