Manhattan, Kansas
February 13, 2008
The Kansas Crop Improvement Association (KCIA) 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, January 28-29.
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 over 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. |
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