The board of Agriculture Financial Services Corporation has three new members, including two farmers: Andre Harpe, a crop producer from Valhalla Centre, and Ross Bricker, a cattle producer from Didsbury. They are joined on the board by Foothills accountant Michael Howden.
There are two other farmers on the seven-person board: Pine Lake cattle producer and board chair Kelly Smith-Fraser and Rodney Bradshaw, a vegetable producer in Red Deer County.
The other board members are Calgarians (forensic accountant Chioma Ufodike and Renata Colic, who works in finance and investor relations).
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