. Agri-news. Agriculture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DIRECTOR OF ALBERTA HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER APPOINTED Dr. John Wiebe, director of Alberta Agriculture's plant industry division, has announced the appointment of Thomas R. Krahn to the position of director of the Alberta Horticultural Research Center at Brooks. As director of the center, Mr. Krahn will work closely with producer commodity groups and the various industry advisory committees. He will be responsible for ensuring that the research and extension programming conducted by the center's 14 professional staff meet the needs of the ho
. Agri-news. Agriculture. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DIRECTOR OF ALBERTA HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER APPOINTED Dr. John Wiebe, director of Alberta Agriculture's plant industry division, has announced the appointment of Thomas R. Krahn to the position of director of the Alberta Horticultural Research Center at Brooks. As director of the center, Mr. Krahn will work closely with producer commodity groups and the various industry advisory committees. He will be responsible for ensuring that the research and extension programming conducted by the center's 14 professional staff meet the needs of the horticultural and special crops industry. The center has a total staff complement of 50. The director is also expected to provide horticulture policy and program Thomas Krahn, director of the Alberta Horticultural Research advice to senior department officials. Center at Brooks. Mr. Krahn was raised on an irrigated specialty crop farm near Taber, where pro- cessing vegetables, sugar beets and potatoes were an integral part of the operation. He att- ended high school in Taber and graduated from the University of Alberta with a (agri- culture) in 1967, having specialized in plant science. He obtained an (horticulture) from Michigan State University, in 1973, and he has attended the Banff School of Advanced Management. Mr. Krahn has been employed by Alberta Agriculture since 1967 and has spent all his working career at the Alberta Horticultural Research Center. During this time he has worked in direct extension with a number of commodity groups, and has carried the center's program in horticultural product storage and handling research. He has also been head of the center's laboratory services section for the last eight years. Mr. Krahn, who is married and has two children, lives in Brooks. ydlbcrra AGRICULTURE Print Media Branch. (403)427-2121. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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