Joe D. White
Email: skipper0727@gmail.com
Email: akell2601@yahoo.com
David Roland
Email: markddeleon@yahoo.com
Email: wfarmranch@pldi.net
Skipper Bates
Mark and his wife Amy farm peanuts and cotton and have a cow-calf operation. Amy is a Grant Manager at Elk City Public Schools. They have two grown children. Mark is currently serving as chairman of the North Fork Red River Conservation Board and serves on the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan Committee. Mark farms peanuts and cotton and raises cattle. Mark currently represents Oklahoma on the National Peanut Board.
Art and his wife Sherri farm near Chickasha, Ok. They raise peanuts, cotton, and alfalfa. Art was Grady County Sheriff for several years. He grew his first peanut crop in 1972 and is a 4th generation peanut farmer.
David farms with his sons near Alfalfa, OK and he raises Bermuda grass, peanuts, cotton, and cattle. David was one of the first growers in Oklahoma to experiment with no-till peanuts.
Email: rolandfarms@carnegienet.net
Skipper farms with his family near Lookeba, OK. He is retired from the Washita County Farm Service Agency where he served as County Executive Director for many years. Skipper farms peanuts, cotton, and wheat.
Les Crall
Mark DeLeon
Email: moreforles@sbcglobal.net
Les farms peanuts, grain sorghum, wheat, hay and cattle in Custer, Washita, and Kiowa Counties. He has served on the OPC since 2004. He also serves as President of the National Peanut Board. He is retired from serving as the Associate Dean of the School of Business and Technology at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford. He holds BS and MBA degrees from SWOSU and a law degree from OU.
Art Kell
Joe D. farms peanuts, cotton, wheat and corn in Tillman County. He also serves on the Cotton Council, Oklahoma Pesticide Advisory Board, and Tillman County Farm Bureau. Joe D. was the Southwest Farm Press “Peanut Profitability Award Winner” for the southwest for 2012. He has served on the OPC since 2004. His wife Gayle is active in the farming operation and serves as Chair of the National Peanut Board.