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Kansas Crop Improvement Association elects executive officersKansas The Kansas Crop Improvement Association board of directors' selection of executive officers demonstrates that family tradition is alive and well in the seed business. Remarkably, all three board members who were chosen to serve on the executive team are third-generation certified seed producers--providing young leadership that is rooted in decades of experience. The three new officers were elected by the board of directors during the seed organization's annual meeting at the Clarion Hotel in Manhattan, Jan. 28 and 29. Tim Oborny of Ed Junior Farms, Bison, was chosen to serve as the new KCIA president. Roger May of May Family Farms, Oberlin, was selected as Vice-President of Standards. Darrin DeLange of DeLange Seed House, Girard, is the new Vice-President of Research. The newly elected officers have all served on the KCIA board as district representatives for several years. Prior to his presidential position, Oborny also held the position of Vice-President of Standards for three years. The KCIA Board of Directors for 2008 includes Mike Baxa, Polansky Seed, Belleville, Central Member-At-Large; Calvin Bohnert, Bohnert Farm, Jewell, North Central District; Bob Bunck, Bunck Seed Farms, Everest, Northeast District; Maurice Miller, Sharp Bros. Seed Co., Healy, Southwest District; Tim Oborny, Ed Junior Farms, Bison, Central District; Tom Pauly, Tom Pauly Farm, Conway Springs, South Central District; Darwin Ediger, Ediger Farms, Meade, West Member-At-Large and KSIA Representative; Dean Fouts, Johnson Seed Company, Mound Valley, Southeast District; Roger May, May Family Farms, Oberlin, Northwest District; Darrin DeLange, DeLange Seed House, Girard, East Member-at-Large; Gary Pierzynski, Manhattan, KSU Agronomy Department; and J. Pat Murphy, Manhattan, KSU Research and Extension. The board of directors represents more than 300 KCIA members who produce, condition, and market Kansas Certified Seed for farmers throughout the state. KCIA is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization designated as the official seed and plant part certification agency for the State of Kansas. In addition to seed certification services, KCIA offers networking and educational opportunities, consulting, auditing, farm/field inspection, and laboratory testing services for the seed industry and other crop production related businesses. For further information, call Kansas Crop Improvement Association at 785-532-6118, visit www.kscrop.org, or e-mail kscrop@kansas.net.
Date: 3/6/08 Advertisement
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