New Directors Elected to MFA Oil Board
February 23, 2024
MFA Oil Company hosted delegate meetings across its eight voting districts in January and February. The farmer-owned cooperative held elections for its Board of Directors at four district meetings where two incumbents and two newcomers won.
Dean Snyder of Hamilton, Mo., one of the two new directors, farms in rural Caldwell County, where he raises row crops, hay and livestock with his wife, Nancy, and children, Kari, Emily and Creston. Snyder was elected to a one-year term to represent the company’s Northwest District at a meeting in St. Joseph, Mo., on January 30. He is involved in various community, church and agricultural organizations.
Doyle Oehl is the newly elected director for the co-op’s Southeast District. He was elected to a three-year term on February 21 at a meeting in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. Oehl raises corn, soybeans, wheat, hay, and cattle with his son, John, in Jackson, Mo. He is a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Jackson, where he has served on several boards and is an usher. Oehl serves on MFA Incorporated’s Board of Directors and is vice president of the Citizens Electric Board of Directors.
Monte Fisher of Brashear, Mo., and Tony Dameron of Vandalia, Mo., were re-elected to three-year terms on the cooperative’s eight-member Board.
Fisher has represented the company’s Northeast District since 2017. He was re-elected at a delegate meeting in Kirksville, Mo., on February 6. He raises cattle and crops on his family farm with his wife, Lisa. Fisher also serves on the Adair County R-II School Board. He is the longest-tenured member of the MFA Oil Board of Directors.
Dameron, representing the East Central District, won his third term at the February 7 delegate meeting in Perry, Mo. He and his wife, Shera, operate a row-crop and cattle operation in Audrain County, Mo. He is a Curryville Baptist Church member and the Van-Far School Board member. Dameron is a third-generation MFA Oil member and has served on the MFA Oil Board of Directors since September 2018.
MFA Oil hosts delegate meetings each year to inform its farmer-owners about the cooperative’s operations and performance, provide updates from management, and share local company news for each district.