Three new board members have been named to the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency: veterinarian David Chalack, marketing specialist Anne Dunford and hog producer Jurgen Preugschas.
“The addition of David, Anne and Jurgen will better position ALMA to help address the challenges of Alberta’s livestock industry as we work to increase demand for our products,” said provincial agriculture minister Jack Hayden.
David Chalack is a veterinarian and partner of Rocky Mountain Holsteins, as well as the Canadian sales and marketing director with Alta Genetics Inc., based in Balzac, Alta. Chalack is president and chair of the Calgary Stampede and on the dean’s advisory council for the University of Calgary’s veterinary medicine faculty.
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Anne Dunford is general manager and marketing specialist for Gateway Livestock Exchange in Taber, Alta. She had previously been the senior market analyst with Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. Dunford is also a member of the Calgary Stampede’s international agriculture committee.
Jurgen Preugschas has farmed since 1970 and is founding shareholder and director of Peak Swine Genetics. He operates a 3,000 acre farm in Mayerthorpe, Alta., raises grain, oilseeds and alfalfa and custom grazes cattle. He owns a nucleus swine herd that finishes 20,000 pigs per year. Preugschas is president of the Canadian Pork Council and cochair of the Agriculture and Environment Partnership of Alberta.
