North Dakota Farmers Union Elects Next President

Perdue elected as North Dakota Farmers Union president

Matt Perdue was elected as president of North Dakota Farmers Union on Saturday, Dec. 13, during the organization’s 99th annual state convention in Bismarck. Perdue, a farmer from Ray, is just the10th person to hold that leadership position and the youngest at 33 years of age. Perdue previously worked at North Dakota Farmers Union and National Farmers Union where he advocated for family farmers and ranchers. Shelly Ziesch, a fourth-generation pro…

North Dakota Farmers Union elects next president

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Matt Perdue has been elected to lead North Dakota Farmers Union as its next president. Delegates to the 99th annual convention in Bismarck selected him as just the tenth individual to take the reins of the state’s largest general farm organization and the youngest at 33 years of age. Also seeking the presidency was Shelly Ziesch, a fourth-generation producer from Pettibone. Former NDFU President Mark Watne did not se…

Perdue elected president of North Dakota Farmers Union

BISMARCK, N.D. – The next leader of the North Dakota Farmers Union (NDFU) has been selected. Matt Perdue was elected by delegates to lead the organization at its 99th annual convention Saturday in Bismarck. He is just the 10th person to lead the state’s largest general farm organization, and the youngest in its history. Perdue farms with his family near Ray, N.D., where they raise spring wheat, durum, canola, lentils and soybeans. He previously …

Matt Perdue Elected President of North Dakota Farmers Union

BISMARCK, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Matt Perdue has been elected to lead North Dakota Farmers Union as its next president. Delegates to the 99th annual convention in Bismarck selected him as just the tenth individual to take the reins of the state’s largest general farm organization and the youngest at 35 years of age. Also seeking the presidency was Shelly Ziesch, a fourth-generation producer from Pettibone. Former NDFU President Mark Watne did n…

Matt Perdue elected president of North Dakota Farmers Union

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — Matt Perdue will serve as the tenth president in North Dakota Farmers Union's history. Perdue, 33, also will be the youngest person to ever hold that position for the state's largest ag organization and the largest Farmers Union organization in the country. He grew up near Ray, North Dakota, on a farm his parents still operate, and with which he remains involved. He has been active in Farmers Union since his youth and previousl…