Garber Joins NGFA

WASHINGTON - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) named Joseph Garber its executive staff as director of regulatory and technical affairs, effective February 13.

Garber currently is nutrition and research coordinator for Wenger's Feed Mill Inc., Rheems, Pa., a position he has held since 1997. He also has served as chairman of the NGFA's Feed Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee since 2001. Prior to that, he chaired the NGFA's Feed Industry Committee from 1998-2001.

At the NGFA, Garber will be responsible for directing and managing the association's wide-ranging engineering and operations programs for grain elevators, feed mills and grain processing plants. He also will oversee NGFA's activities regarding employee safety and industrial health, grain-handling facility design and equipment, grain and feed quality, grain grades and weights, and environmental issues.