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2003 - AGM |
AFAC Board Executive 2003 April 2, 2003 ... The Alberta Farm Animal Care Association’s board members elected executive officers, following the group’s AGM, March 27, 2003. Aart Okkema, from Vermilion, AB, is chairman. He has represented the milk producers on AFAC’ s board for four years. He is also Director on the board of Alberta Milk and is chairman of Western Dairy Science Inc. Mr. Okkema runs a dairy and purebred Black Angus operation on 300 acres of cropland and 540 acres of pasture. Contact: (780) 853-2569. Karl Chomlak, from Beauvallon, east of Two Hills, is vice-chairman. Mr. Chomlak has represented the Alberta Pork producers on AFAC’s board for the past 7 years. He has a 50-sow farrow to finish and 65 beef cow/calf operation and produces all his own feed on 550 acres of crop and 250 acres of hay land. Contact: (780) 366-2269. Greg Ruzicka, joins Aart and Karl on AFAC’s executive. Greg represents the Wild Rose Equine Ranching Association. He and his family have a PMU operation with 103 mares on line. In total, the Ruzicka’s manage 180 horses consisting of Quarter Horse, Belgian & Percheron breeds. The family farms close to 2,000 acres in the Viking area. Contact (780) 336-2224. The Directors-at-Large on AFAC’s board, representing AFAC’s Active Membership are: Guy Paris of Rimbey, representing the Alberta Auction Markets Association and new to the board is Dr. Craig Wilkinson Director of Animal Care, University of Alberta. All three AFAC board executives are response team leaders for AFAC’s Animal Care ALERT line (1-800-506-2273) and represent AFAC on the Alberta Livestock Protection System (ALPS) Management Group. ALPS is a working partnership of AFAC, representing the livestock industry, the provincial government (Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development), and the Alberta SPCA representing the public concern for animal welfare. Mr. Okkema will represent AFAC on the Alberta/Canada Livestock Welfare Research Partnership. Formed in 1993, AFAC has a broad membership including livestock organizations, individual producers, processors, veterinarians and associated agri-businesses. Through AFAC, the livestock industry of Alberta works together to:
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