. Agri-news. Agriculture. Alberta Agriculture Appointments (cont'd) NEW DISTRICT AGRICULTURIST IN RIMBEY (cont'd) Lethbridge. He spent three years in Warner and five years as Drumheller's district agriculturist. "I'm looking forward to meeting and working with farmers in the Rirabey area. As their district agriculturist I hope to be a source of unbiased information about existing and new technologies and practices. I'm also very interested in marketing," he says. Beef and forage production and working with the Grey Wooded Forage Association will be some of his main responsibilities.
. Agri-news. Agriculture. Alberta Agriculture Appointments (cont'd) NEW DISTRICT AGRICULTURIST IN RIMBEY (cont'd) Lethbridge. He spent three years in Warner and five years as Drumheller's district agriculturist. "I'm looking forward to meeting and working with farmers in the Rirabey area. As their district agriculturist I hope to be a source of unbiased information about existing and new technologies and practices. I'm also very interested in marketing," he says. Beef and forage production and working with the Grey Wooded Forage Association will be some of his main responsibilities. Koots can be contacted in Rimbey at 843-2201. NEW DISTRICT AGRICULTURIST FOR CALGARY Brenda Ralston is the new district agriculturist in the Calgary district office. Most recently Ralston was district agriculturist in Ponoka for ten months covering an educational leave. She was also district agriculturist in Wetaskiwin for a year. Ralston first joined Alberta Agriculture in 1986 shortly after earning a BSc in agriculture from the University of Alberta. She worked as a livestock production technologist and then as a regional soil technician in the south central BRENDA RALSTON region. "I'm looking forward to being back in the Calgary area and helping the farming community with farming technology," she says. Ralston was raised near Balzac on a mixed cattle and grain farm. She can be contacted in Calgary at 297-6281. AIRDRIE HAS NEW DISTRICT HOME ECONOMIST Kathy Lowther has taken over as the district home economist serving the Airdrie area and the Municipal Districts of Rockyview and Big Horn. Lowther was the Vulcan district home economist for five years. She went to Vulcan after covering a maternity leave in the Warner district office. She also spent the summer of 1983 as an assistant district home economist in Stettler. "As an extension agent for farm and ranch (Cont'd). 1 Alberta Agriculture, Print Media Branch Phone: (403) 427-2121. Please note that these images
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