Association Elects New Leaders

The Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association elected two new members to its 16-person Board of Directors last week.

Serving as Association president for 2018 will be Stan McFarlane, who is vice president for McFarlane Manufacturing Co., Inc., in Sauk City, Wis.

He oversees the company’s tillage equipment manufacturing and structural steel fabrication.

Serving with McFarlane for one-year terms on the executive committee will be:

First Vice President – Nick Jensen, president of Thurston Manufacturing Co. in Thurston, Neb.		Second Vice President –  Janea Danuser, vice president and co-owner of Danuser Machine Co. in Fulton, Mo.
Secretary –  Matt Westendorf, general manager of Westendorf Manufacturing Co. in Onawa, Iowa.		Treasurer –  Andrew Cummings, president of T.G. Schmeiser Co. in Selma, Calif.
Paul Jeffrey, general manager at MacDon in Kansas City, completed his term as president and will transition to an ex officio role on the executive committee.

Member companies elected two men to their first terms on the board:

Mark Lamboley is director of business development for HCC, Inc.,
in Mendota, Ill. HCC designs and manufactures reels and sieves for
combines. It has operations in North America and South America,
specifically Curitiba, Brazil.

HCC also owns Triple-C in Kansas, which manufactures attachments
for skid steer and three-point applications.

Randy R. Reinke is president and CEO of Custom Products of Litchfield,
a sheet metal fabricator specializing in the design and manufacture of
cabs and roll bars for the off-highway vehicle market. Reinke also owns
and manages Reinke Properties.

The men were elected to three-year terms during the 2017 Marketing & Distribution Convention.

“This Association continues to thrive because so many individuals have been willing to give us their time, energy, and creativity,” said Executive Vice President Vernon Schmidt. “I look forward to great things from this dedicated group.”