. Agri-news. Agriculture. April 14, 1975 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. ALBERTA HAS A NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE Marvin E. Moore, MLA for Smoky River, is Alberta's new Minister of Agriculture. He has a farm near Debolt, 30 miles east of Grande Prairie, where he grows cereal and forage seed and commercial grain. Since his first term as MLA in 1971, Mr. Moore has served as co-chairman of the Minister's Task Force on Agriculture. In 1973 the new minister served on the Legislative committee on crop and hail insurance that toured the province to ascertain farmers' opinions on the provincial crop insurance
. Agri-news. Agriculture. April 14, 1975 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. ALBERTA HAS A NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE Marvin E. Moore, MLA for Smoky River, is Alberta's new Minister of Agriculture. He has a farm near Debolt, 30 miles east of Grande Prairie, where he grows cereal and forage seed and commercial grain. Since his first term as MLA in 1971, Mr. Moore has served as co-chairman of the Minister's Task Force on Agriculture. In 1973 the new minister served on the Legislative committee on crop and hail insurance that toured the province to ascertain farmers' opinions on the provincial crop insurance program. He has also served as vice-chairman of the Alberta Grain Commission and was a member of the Alberta Meat Products Mission that went to Japan last year. In addition, he was a member of the task force on decentralizing government operations. Mr. Moore was born at Grande Prairie in 1938 where his father, Charlie Moore, farmed. His father was named a Master Farmer in 1964. Although Mr. Moore has a good background in hog production and feeder cattle operations, acquired from the family farm, he does not raise livestock on his own farm. In 1959 he married Frances Bodeker of Valleyview, and they have three children, Kerry, Lonny and Bernice. - 30 - 3 RELEASED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH ALBERTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Communications Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture. Print Media Branch; Alberta. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. Publishing Branch. [Edmonton] : Communications Branch, Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
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