OUR PEOPLE

Wayne Rempel - Chief Executive Officer & President Wayne@Kroekers.com
Wayne has worked at Kroeker Farms since 1988. He became the company's first non-family CEO in June of 2002. Wayne is committed to industry involvement; currently he is a director on the Peak of the Market Board and is an active member of other committees including the Canadian Horticulture Council.

Grant Thiessen, C.M.A. - Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer Grant@Kroekers.com
Grant has been responsible for the financial and investment activities of Kroeker Farms Limited since 1996. He provides leadership for the office administration staff.

Don Kroeker - Vice Chair & Director of Investments and Strategic Planning adk@Kroekers.com
Don is the 8th of 9 children of Abram and Elizabeth Kroeker, and has been with the farm since it's incorporation in the mid fifties. He became the farm manager in 1957, led the company as CEO prior to Wayne Rempel, and continues to play an important role.

Don Janzen - Marketing & Transportation Manager DonJ@Kroekers.com
Don J. has been with the company since 1975. He has primarily held the responsibility of marketing and shipping our products to our customers, since 1977. Don's expertise together with exceptional assistance from John A. Wall provides our customers with an efficient shipping experience.

Dave Thiessen - Human Resources Manager Dave@Kroekers.com
Dave started in 2000 with the maintenance team and became the manager when it developed into its own division a year later. The focus of his new role is to care for employees; including hiring both full-time and seasonal employees, facilitating safety meetings and concerns as the Health & Safety Coordinator, organizing temporary housing for our international seasonal employees and publishing a monthly company newsletter.

Frank Elias - Farm Manager Frank@Kroekers.com
Frank has been with Kroekers since 2003. Prior to Kroekers he spent three years in Bolivia with MCC working on agricultural development. As farm manager he is responsible for onion, potato and grain production.

Marvin J. Dyck, P.Ag - Agronomist, Storage Management & Quality Assurance Marv@Kroekers.com
Marv has been with the company since 1992. He is part of the team making agronomic decisions and is our in-house expert on chip potatoes; everything from varieties and storage, to specific gravity and fry color. He coordinates our organic production and is also responsible for annual on-farm variety trials.

Marvin Wiebe - Onion Farm Manager MarvW@Kroekers.com
Marvin joined Kroekers in 2007 as our onion department manager. Marv and his hard working team will be responsible for the production of Cooking onions, Red and Jumbo Yellow Spanish onions that are produced both commercially and organically. Onions are stored, graded and packaged under the supervision of Frank Harms.

Jakob Olfert -Raspberries Field Manager 
Jakob has been working in the onion department as key operator since 1999. In 2007 he became responsible for raspberry production. Kroeker raspberries are grown both conventionally and as certified organic. They are picked for the fresh market. Kroeker Farms is launching a unique new raspberry spread that tastes like fresh raspberries and has only 1/3 as much sugar as regular raspberry spread. The great tasting new spread will also be available as Organic.

Amanda Braun - Seed Potato Coordinator  Amanda@Kroekers.com
Amanda joined Kroeker Farms in 2000. Seed potato marketing and sales, as well as multiplication of varieties are Amanda's key responsibilities. She also works together with John Nickel, Seed Farm Manager in arranging shipment of Kroeker Farms Limited high quality seed potatoes all over Canada, the United States and into Mexico.

John Nickel - Seed Farm Manager JohnN@Kroekers.com
John worked with Kroekers Seed Farm for 6 years and took on the management position in the spring of 2006. He has hands-on experience with maintenance, operation of planting & harvesting equipment, and seed potato storage. He works closely with Leroy Dyck, our storage manager, to supply ∼20 different varieties of quality seed to our customers.

Ken Thiessen - Table Potato Farm Manager KenT@Kroekers.com
Ken started at Kroeker Farms in 2003. He is responsible for chip, table and process potato production in the Winkler area. He and his hard working crew, including Henry Siemens and Cornie Neufeld, produce both conventional and organic potatoes.

Rod Wall - Boyne River Farm Manager  Rod@Kroekers.com
Rod joined Kroeker Farms in 2002. Rod is responsible for the Boyne River Farm near Carman, Manitoba where, in addition to the chipping and table potato production, creamer potatoes are produced. Rod works closely with Jake Peters and a hard working team to produce both conventional and organic potatoes.

John E. Wall - Potato Storage Manager
Having operated various field equipment including the windrower, sprayer, water truck and harvester since 1980, John became storage manager in 2002, and does an outstanding job of storing potatoes for 11-12 months of the year. He also is responsible for the seed cutting on the commercial farms and the building and yard maintenance at Winkler.

Abe Wall - Cereal Production & Service Department Manager
Abe is a loyal employee who started at Kroekers in 1975 helping plant potatoes. Shortly thereafter he began seeding grain until 1990, when he became the Grain Division manager. Now also responsible for the service department, Abe takes care of ditch and yard mowing, tree maintenance and snow removal.

Dennis Hoeppner - Agronomist Dennis@Kroekers.com
Dennis joined Kroekers in the spring of 2006. He will be involved in the agronomy, soil fertility, and various research aspects of the farm. He has his degree in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba and has gained experience while farming for 6 years and managing a farm supply dealership.

Rick Rempel - Shop Managers Rick@Kroekers.com
Rick is responsible for the crew at Greenside Shop. He joined us in the spring of 2006 and one of the first projects was to oversee construction of the newest storage shed on the Kimberly yard. From regular maintenance, to complicated repairs, and manufacturing of new innovations, the service the shop provides is important to all divisions within Kroekers.