Voluntary service on an Oregon Commodity Commission is an important way for the agricultural community and interested members of the public to serve our state’s agriculture. Appointment of commission members is the responsibility of the Director of Agriculture. The Director’s decision to appoint is based on a number of factors such as – but not limited to – applicant experience, commitment to service as well as industry input and counsel.

Oregon is fortunate to have a robust system of commodity commissions. Much of the success of these commissions is the countless hours of service provided by volunteer members as they oversee and manage the important business of the commissions.

Below is a list of open positions and applicant names (with commission position numbers) that have been received by the ODA. There may be more than one applicant for each position under consideration. These applicants are under consideration by the Director for appointment.

To apply, each applicant needs to complete an Application & Qualification form so ODA can ensure that the applicant meets the minimum qualifications. Search under the Agriculture heading to review the specific qualifications for each commission.
Commodity Commission Application & Qualification form (pdf)
Oregon Beef Council Application & Qualification form (pdf)
Oregon Wheat Commission Application & Qualification form (pdf)

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Goche, Richard (Rick)	Producer 2	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	05/22/2013
​Ryan, Shawn	Producer 3​	07/01/2013​	​06/30/2016	State at Large​	​04/09/2013
​	​Public Member	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	State at Large​	​
​Anderson, Laura	​Handler 3	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	​State at Large	​05/23/2013

Name	Position number	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Oftedal, Steve	Producer 1	partial	06/30/2015	State at Large	06/18/2013
Sisson, Curt	Producer 2	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	06/18/2013
​	​Producer 5	07/01/2013​	​06/30/2016	​State at Large	​
	Handler 1	partial	06/30/2015	State at Large

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Hoyt, William	Producer 4	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large beef producer	05/14/2013
Maag, Douglas	Producer 6	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large feeder/feedlot producer	05/14/2013

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Pond, Eric	Producer 3	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	05/02/2013
Ditchen, Bonnie Umble, Jon	Producer 5	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	04/22/2013 05/02/2013
Erbe, Michael	Handler 1	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	05/31/2013

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Bernards, Thomas	Producer 3	07/01/2013	06/30/2015	State at Large	05/03/2013
​VanderZanden, Bob Kirsch, Brenda Dierickx, Thomas	​Producer 4	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	State at Large​	​04/15/2013 05/21/2013 05/31/2013	​	​
​Humphrey, Leslie Pickles, Douglas	​Handler 1	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	State at Large​	​05/09/2013 05/17/2013	​	​
​Lewis, Terry Ross, Terry	​Handler 2	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	State at Large​	​05/17/2013 05/17/2013	​	​
​Blem, Richard	​Public Member	07/01/2013​	06/30/2015​	State at Large​	​04/22/2013	​	​

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Marsh, George	Producer 3	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	North Willamette: Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington county	05/13/2013
​Neahring, Steven	​Producer 4	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	North Coast: Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln county​	​04/22/2013
​Fritz, Garey	​Public Member	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	State at Large​	​04/09/2013

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Goergen, William	Producer 2	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	Port of Brookings	05/31/2013
Corbin, John	Producer 3	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	Port of Astoria	04/30/2013
Wright, David	Handler 2	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	05/16/2013

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Taylor, Zach	Producer 3	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	04/30/2013
​Rue, Jesse	​Producer 4	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	​State at Large	​04/30/2013

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Olsen, Doug	Producer 3	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	05/14/2013
​Chambers, Wayne	​Producer 4	07/01/2013​	​06/30/2016	​State at Large	​05/02/2013
​Newkirk, Tim	​Handler 1	partial​	06/30/2015​	​State at Large	​05/31/2013

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Goschie, Gayle	Producer 4	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	05/02/2013
Crosby, Blake	Producer 5	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	05/14/2013
Delema, William	Handler 1	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	05/09/2013
​Vachter, Craig	​Public Memeber	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	State at Large​	​05/14/2013

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Weishaar, Nathan	Producer 1	07/01/2013	06/30/2016	State at Large	04/16/2013
​Butler, Timothy	​Producer 2	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	State at Large​	​04/16/2013
Hagman, Mark​	​Producer 3	07/01/2013​	06/30/2016​	State at Large​	​04/16/2013

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Smucker, Darrell	Producer 2	07/01/2013	06/30/2017	Telephone area code 541	05/17/2013
	Producer 3	07/01/2013	06/30/2017	Telephone area code 503 or 971
	Producer 5	07/01/2013	06/30/2017	Telephone area code 503 or 971

Name	Position	Term Begins	Term Ends	Additional Qualifications	Date Received
Wagstaff, Robert	Producer 2	partial	06/30/2014	Malheur, Harney county
Macy, Michael	Producer 3	07/01/2013	06/30/2017	Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler, Jefferson county
	Producer 8	partial	06/30/2016	Malheur, Harney
​Iverson, Nels	​Producer 9	07/01/2013​	06/30/2017​	Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Lincoln, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Yamhill, Washington county​	​05/31/2013
​Urbach, Jeff	​Handler 1	partial​	06/30/2016​	Baker, Union, Wallowa, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla​	​04/16/2013

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