Minnesota Milk Producers Association

2015 Rice Street | St. Paul, MN 55113

Phone: 763-355-9697 | Fax: 651-925-0545
E-Mail: mmpa@mnmilk.org | Web: www.mnmilk.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Lucas Sjostrom, 320-249-8701, Lucas@mnmilk.org

October 23, 2019

Melissa Hortman Named Minnesota Milk’s Legislator of the Year

SAINT PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Milk Producers Association Board of Director named
Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman, Brooklyn Park, as its 2019 Legislator of the Year. The
presentation will take place during the organization’s annual Dairy Conference and Expo Dec. 3,
2019 at Treasure Island Resort and Casino.

Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman was an integral part in securing the 2019 Agriculture,
Rural Development, and Housing budget that included investing $8 million for the Dairy
Assistance Investment, and Relief Initiative, as well as, funding for mental health programming
and high-speed broadband internet service in Minnesota’s rural communities. Hortman first
took office in 2004, serving as Minority Leader beginning in 2017 and Speaker in 2019. She
previously served as chair of the Energy Policy Committee.

Speaker Hortman lives in Brooklyn Park with her husband, Mark, and their two children.

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ABOUT THE MINNESOTA MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION

Minnesota Milk Producers Association is a membership organization representing grassroots
dairy farmers through policy work, education and membership development. Our work is vital
to the future of Minnesota’s dairy industry and is directed by a board of dairy farmers elected
by their peers. For more information, visit www.mnmilk.org.