Randy Schmitt

North Dakota Stockmen’s Association (NDSA) members re-elected 22-year member and Rugby cow-calf producer Randy Schmitt as their president at the organization’s 96th Annual Convention & Trade Show, “Think Big, Achieve More.” The association announced it tapped Schmitt for a second year in its highest post during the closing business session at the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center in Minot.

According to NDSA information, Schmitt and his family own a commercial Simmental and Red Angus cow-calf operation, where they background feeders, market replacement heifers and raise their own feed, including alfalfa, cover crops and grain and silage corn.

Schmitt and his wife, Stacey, have four children and one grandchild.

NDSA members also reelected Tim Erbele of Streeter as the organization’s vice president. The 33-year NDSA member runs a Salers-Angus-cross cow-calf operation, permitted backgrounding feedlot and Purina feed dealership.

Joe Matehs of Upham was elected to his first four-year term in District 6. District 6 includes Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Renville, Ward and Williams Counties.

Matehs is a 31-year NDSA member and the former chairman of the NDSA Feeder Council. He runs a farm, ranch and feedyard with his son, brother and nephew. He does custom corn chopping and buys and custom feeds cattle. Matehs and his wife, Jennifer, have two children.