Norm Hall was born and raised on a farm near Wynyard, which he now owns with his brother. Together, on their century farm, they plant 4600 acres in annual seed and commercial crops, 40 acres in an agroforestry project, 400 acres in hay and pasture, and 1600 acres are set aside for the environment. Norm is married to Fern and they have three children, Kevin, Jamie and Travis.

An active member of his community, Norm has served on the Board of Directors of the Wynyard Co-op Assoc. (1985-87), Wynyard Credit Union (1994-96), the Wynyard Co-op Farm Centre Ltd. (1994-present), served as Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Delegate (1986-2005), Wynyard Chamber of Commerce (1993-2009), Canadian Young Farmers’ Forum (1998-2002), Saskatchewan Young Farmers’ Forum co-founder and President (1999-2003), District 20 ADD Board (2001-present), assistant coach Wynyard Minor Hockey Assoc (1986-97) and Head Coach Wynyard Gymnastics Club (1980-2012).

Norm was first elected as an APAS Representative in October 2003 and currently represents the RM of Emerald #277. In 2004, Norm was elected to the APAS Environment Committee and was nominated chair of that committee from 2006 to 2011. In December 2005, he was elected to the Board of Directors. From 2011-2016 Norm was the APAS President. Norm is currently a Vice President with APAS.
On behalf of APAS, Norm is vice-chair of the Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan Inc. He is a member of the Crop Logistic Working Group and sits on the Max Revenue Entitlement Sub Committee of the Working Group. For the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Norm is a CFA Board Member and serves on their Executive Committee, is Chair of the Resolutions Committee and is a member of the Transportation and Business Risk Management Committees. He also sits as a representative to the Saskatchewan District of Co-operators and on the Finance Committee of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce. Norm was a member of the steering committee to develop the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission.

Harvey Brooks is the General Manager of the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission.

Raised on a mixed farming operation in Rosthern, SK, Brooks has extensive experience in Western Canada’s agriculture industry, having served as Director of Policy and Economic Research for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, Co-operative Chair in Agricultural Marketing and Business at the University of Alberta and Head of Corporate Policy for the Canadian Wheat Board.

A former deputy minister with the Government of Saskatchewan, Harvey served four different departments during his tenure: Agriculture and Food, Government Relations, Highways and Transportation, and Rural Revitalization. Most recently, he served as deputy minister for the Yukon Territory in the departments of Economic Development and Community Services. He received a BSA and M.SC (’83) in Agricultural Economics at the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D. in Economics at Iowa State University (’90).

Gord began working as the Executive Director for the Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board in 1998.

During his time as Executive Director he has been involved in many development projects including the Canadian Lamb On Farm Food Safety Programs, Canadian Lamb Producers Cooperative, Canadian Sheep Identification Program, Canadian Sheep Traceability Initiative Sask-First Lamb Feeder Co-op, Saskatchewan Livestock Predation Programs, and various other lamb industry initiatives and committees provincially and nationally.

Outside the lamb industry Gord has been involved on numerous community and church boards and committees.

Emile Marquette joined the ACS Board in June 2018.  Emile and his wife Sylvia operate Marquette Gardens- a grain and vegetable farm.  They previously operated a dairy farm before moving into the vegetable industry.  Over the years Emile has been Vice-President and President of the Saskatchewan Dairy Farmers of Saskatchewan.  He was also on the board with the Dairy Farmers of Canada serving on a number of committees.  Emile is currently President of Prairie Fresh Food Corporation – supplying fresh vegetables and fruit to the Co-ops.  He is also Vice-President of the Saskatchewan Vegetable Growers Association.  He is very active locally with the Co-op Feeder Association, church and farmer’s markets.  Emile has spent over 32 years as Vice-President for Mallord Diversified Services in Kelvington.  We look forward to Emile’s input on our ACS Board of Directors.

Wayne farms with his wife Bonnie near Redvers, SK growing mostly wheat and canola. Wayne has been involved in the Ag Industry for many years as a delegate with SWP / Viterra for 12 years, and then for 5 years as chair of the Farm Leadership Council.

Wayne is currently a board member of Sask Canola Development Commission as chair of the research committee, a board member of Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan Inc., and a board member of South East Research Farm at Redvers.

Roger was born and raised in Canwood, in northwestern Saskatchewan, where he continues to live and work. He grew up on the family farm, the seventh of ten children, and took over the farm in 1980. He started bison ranching in 1991; at one time, he had over 500 animals.

In 2001, Roger played a key role in forming the Bison Feeder Co-op of Saskatchewan, now known as Canadian Prairie Bison. He became that organization’s part-time marketer in 2002, and then sold the family farm in 2003 to fill that position full-time. Many changes have taken place since then, including the opening of the CPB office in Canwood in 2008.

John Serhienko joined the ACS Board of Directors in June 2017.  John is a producer in the Blaine Lake area.  He is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Simply Ag Solutions Inc.  John is also a Councillor in the RM of Blaine Lake #434- Division 2.