MWBC APPOINTEES
The Montana Wheat & Barley Committee is made up of seven board members appointed by the governor of Montana. These members must be actively involved in farming while they represent producers in seven districts across Montana. In addition to these seven voting directors, there are three non-voting members: Montana’s director of the State Department of Agriculture, Montana State University’s dean of the College of Agriculture, and a representative of the Montana grain trade.
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte
After 34 years in the private sector, Greg Gianforte was elected Montana’s 25th governor in November 2020.
Governor Gianforte’s experience as a businessman and entrepreneur guides his focus on expanding opportunities for Montanans. On a recent international visit to expand trade for Montana producers, he noted how important partnerships are.
“These new strategic partnerships among education, trade, and industry leaders will expand those opportunities even further, boosting growing industries in Montana,” he said. “Montana delivers – whether our superior grains and beef or world-class semiconductor machinery.”
Married since 1988, Greg and Susan Gianforte raised their four children in Bozeman
District 1 Director & Board Chair Terry Angvick
Terry Angvick, Plentywood, raises durum wheat, dry peas, lentils, certified seed and flax alongside his two brothers and son in the far northeastern corner of Montana. Terry spent 31 years as a Montana State University Extension Agent for Sheridan County before retiring. He served two terms on the Montana Grain Growers and 12 years on the local school board–and 11 of those were as chairman. He is a retired volunteer fireman who loves his home community of Plentywood. Terry and his wife, Ardell, have three grown children and are delighting in being grandparents.
Contact Terry:
p) 406.600.3366 e) t74angvick@gmail.com
District 2 Director Max Cederberg
Max Cederberg of Turner raises a variety of small grains and pulse crops using conventional and organic farming practices. Max currently serves on the Wheat Quality Council in addition to his work with MWBC. A pillar of his community, he was named Montana State University’s Ag Leader of the Year in 2015 and served as chairman for the Northern Ag Research Station. In his spare time, Max enjoys restoring old cars and traveling alongside his wife Kristi.
Contact Max:
p) 406.357.2387 e) maxc@ttc-cmc.net
District 3 Director Keven Bradley
Keven is a fourth generation producer in Glacier County where he and his wife Vicki started farming in 2000. Their operation began with rented farmland and has grown to raising winter wheat, spring wheat, malt barley and occasionally canola in a mostly no-till rotation. Keven has served on boards including Montana Grain Growers Association, Montana Agricultural Experiment Station and Northwest Farm Credit Services. He has also sat on the Glacier County Conservation District and his local Farm Service Agency committee. Keven and Vicki have two college-aged children, Canon and Camille, who are studying agricultural business and business.
Contact Keven:
p) 406.229.0702 e) bradley@bresnan.net
District 4 Director Lee Dahlman
Lee Dahlman farms and ranches near Dutton, MT raising dryland wheat, barley, hay, lentils, peas and cattle. Lee has served on multiple boards including the Teton Conservation District and his local school board. Along with being a MWBC director, he serves on the Tri-County Water District and the Teton County Count Board while holding memberships with Montana Farm Bureau and Montana Grain Growers Association. Lee is proud of his family as they begin farming into the fifth generation with his two grown children, Breanna and Brody, and now has added a granddaughter.
Contact Lee:
p) 406.799.7215 e) leed@tetonwireless.net
District 5 Director Charlie Bumgarner
Charlie Bumgarner, Great Falls, raises wheat, barley, hay, peas, chickpeas and lentils. Charlie has been a fixture on the grain leadership scene having served on the executive teams for the National Association of Wheat Growers and the Montana Grain Growers Association. In addition to his duties with MWBC, Charlie serves on the Wheat Marketing Center board. He has been involved with the U.S Grains Council, MSU advisory committee, and the National Barley Growers Association. Charlie and his wife, Karla, have four children.
Contact Charlie:
p) 406.788.1216 e) bumranch@gmail.com
District 6 Director & Past Chair Denise Conover
Denise farms alongside her two sons, Chad and Craig, on a dryland no-till operation near Broadview. In addition to farming, the Conovers also run a chemical business. Denise serves as a board member with U.S. Wheat Associates and Wheat Foods Council. She is a charter member of the Broadview Quick Response Unit (volunteer ambulance service). Denise absolutely loves working in her beautiful yard and “junking.”
Contact Denise:
p) 406.667.2185 e) dryland50@gmail.com
District 7 Director Brett Dailey
Brett Dailey is a third generation farmer and rancher in Garfield County near Jordan. He and his wife Donna have been producing small grains and cattle for more than 35 years. Brett is currently a director for Montana Farmers Union and the vice chair of the Montana Beef Council. He has been involved in many local community boards, actively working in agriculture for all of his life. Brett and Donna have two grown children and three grandchildren.
Contact Brett:
p) 406.853.1169 e) brettd59@icloud.com
Ex-officio Directors
Christy Clark, Director, Montana Department of Agriculture
Dr. Skreekala Bajwa, Vice President, Montana State University College of Agriculture
Jake McFarlin, Mountain View Co-op, grain trade representative