New crop specialist
Mervin Empey is the new cereal and oilseed crop specialist at Alberta Agriculture’s Sedgewick office. He will provide information on production and take part in applied research and demonstration projects.
Born in Boissevain, Man., Empey grew up on a mixed farm and is a former research co-ordinator for the North Peace Applied Research Association in Manning, Alta.
Fuels head re-elected
Jim Johnson, of Lambton County, Ont., has been re-elected president of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. The group represents the interests of the ethanol and biodiesel industries in Canada.
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In a March speech, Johnson referred to the two production facilities being built in Chatham and Cornwall, Ont., which are expected to provide more than 200 million litres per year of ethanol that can be used in ethanol-blended fuels.
Johnson, a farmer, has been president since 1989. Also re-elected to executive positions were vice-president Doug MacKenzie, eastern vice-president Germaine Chabot, Ontario vice-president Bob Peden, and western vice-president Zenith Faye.
Milk directors
Two directors to the Lethbridge Milk Producers Association have been re-elected to three-year terms.
Rod Cyr, of Pincher Creek, Alta., and Ed Oosterhof, of Coaldale, Alta., return to the board. They will be joined by a new director, Klaas VanderVeen, of Picture Butte, Alta.
Sitting directors are Casey Slingerland of Diamond City, Brian Houweling of Coaldale, Bill Van Rootselaar of Fort Macleod, Gerrit Van Zeggelaar and Peter Schuld of Iron Springs, and Klaas Slomp of Nobleford.
Cargill hires
Mark Goodwin has been hired at Cargill Seed as market development manager for Western Canada.
Goodwin was formerly the technical services manager with the farm chemical company Cyanamid Crop Protection, and also worked for several years with Manitoba Agriculture as oilseeds and special crops specialist and weed specialist.
His hiring was announced by Cargill March 14.
