The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission has announced the results of its 2015 director elections.
The new face will be Scott Hepworth, a fourth-generation grain, oilseed and pulse farmer from Assiniboia.
Hepworth volunteers at his local curling and golf club and is vice-president of the management board for Assiniboia’s cultural and recreation centre.
Two incumbent directors will return to the board.
• Laura Reiter, a professional agrologist who operates a grain farm with her husband and brother near Radisson. Reiter previously served on the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association Board and the board for the Western Applied Research Corporation.
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These three directors will each serve a four-year term.
There were 1,779 verified and counted mail‐in ballots cast by producers in the election, Sask Wheat said in a news release.
“I was pleased to see the interest from the seven candidates in serving their fellow wheat growers,” said board chair Bill Gehl iun the release.
“We are looking forward to working with the newly elected director and the two incumbent directors, building on the research, advocacy and market development activities begun by the board in 2014.”
The directors’ terms will start following the Sask Wheat annual general meeting, to be held, Jan. 13 beginning at 8:45 am at TCU Place in Saskatoon, as part of CropSphere 2016 and Crop Production Week.
