Western United Dairymen member Richard Michel, Waterford, California, has been elected chairman of the California Milk Advisory Board, which promotes products under the “Real California” label. Michel, a third-generation dairyman, milks 1,200 Holsteins and is a member of the California Dairies Inc. processing cooperative.

Domenic Carinalli, Jr., was elected vice chairman. A dairyman all of his life, Carinalli milks a Holstein and Guernsey herd at the 500-acre Carinalli Dairy in Sebastopol, California. He ships his milk to Safeway. He and his wife, Lynda, have three daughters. Carinalli is a past president of Western United Dairymen and he is on the board of directors of the California Guernsey Club, Sonoma County Farm Bureau, and the Goldridge Volunteer Fire Department. PD

—From WUD Weekly Update