|
Ron Elkin |
Ron Elkin,
Commissioner, District 2
Ron Elkin, a malting barley
producer from Buhl, ID, was appointed by Governor James Risch to serve
a three-year term on the Idaho Barley Commission, effective July 1, 2006.
Ron is serving as Vice Chairman of the Nation Barley Improvement Committee
based in Milwaukee, WI, which promotes federal research funding for barley.
Ron represents barley
producers in District II, which covers southwestern and south-central Idaho,
stretching from Weiser to Rupert. Ron has been an active barley
producer since 1993 and currently operates M&R Farms Inc. in Buhl, producing
about 800 acres of malting barley, hay, corn, wheat and sugar beets.
“I am honored to represent producers from the
Magic Valley,” said Ron Elkin. “There are several pressures in the grain
industry today that need our attention and I am willing to roll up my
sleeves and get to work. We particularly need to focus on strengthening
current and future markets for Idaho barley,“ Elkin concluded.
Ron has served in local
leadership positions with the Idaho Grain Producers Association, Idaho
Farm Bureau Federation and Northwest Farm Credit Services.
<<back |
