Yuma farmer Dr. Dale McCall takes over next year from Kent Peppler as president of Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, an organization representing farmers and ranchers in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming, the union announced this week. He has been vice president of the organization.

McCall, the holder of an undergraduate agriculture degree, as well as master’s and doctorate degrees, from Colorado State University, grew up on a small family farm in Yuma and has been farming with his wife, Judy, north of the town on the eastern plains and their son and his family have joined the operation. Their farm spans more than 2,100 acres and grows wheat, millet, milo, and alfalfa, plus oilseed and confectionary sunflowers.

“Because of my story, I know what it’s like to be a beginning farmer,” McCall said in a statement. He is a past president of the FFA Foundation board and is part-time executive director of the Colorado Boards of Cooperative Educational Services.

Peppler has been RMFU president for nine years and farms near Mead.

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union delegates also reelected board members Barb Marty of Strasburg and Kathleen Box of Tucumcari, New Mexico, at their convention.

Attorney general appoints deputy for Revenue and Utilities

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman appointed Eric Meyer as the deputy attorney general of the Revenue and Utilities Section, her office announced this week.

“Since joining the attorney general’s office in 2007, Eric has proven to be an effective litigator and team leader,” Coffman said in a statement. “I am confident that through his continued leadership, Eric will serve the citizens of Colorado well in his new role.”

Meyer started work representing the Colorado Department of Transportation in the attorney general’s office and later moved to the Revenue and Utilities Section. There, he has led litigation on conservation easement tax credits and helped the Department of Revnue clear most of its backlog of disallowed credits.

Meyer has a law degree and a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Denver.

— info@coloradostatesman.com