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Jeff Krehbiel  |
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Farmer In 1903, Jeff's grandfather traded a team of horses with a wagon loaded with oats for the original 160 acres of the Krehbiels' family farm. Four generations later, this land is still in the family and the operation has expanded significantly. Jeff graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1985 with a BS in Animal Science and returned home to the family farm and hardware store. Shortly thereafter, he purchased his own farm which he also expanded and now, with the retirement of his father, he farms approximately 2,650 acres, raising wheat, peanuts, milo, soybeans, white acrea peas and cotton. Jeff also has 250 head of commercial ewes that he runs on wheat pasture. Jeff and his family sold the family hardware business in 1991 but retained the T-L Center Pivot irrigation dealership and continued to sell and service T-L Center Pivots. Over the last fifteen years, they have sold more T-L pivots than any other dealer in the five state region. Jeff is currently President of the Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association (OWGA) and serves on several committees with the National Association of Wheat Growers. His affiliations with OWGA and Oklahoma Farm Bureau have allowed him to travel to Washington, DC on several occasions to meet with legislators and their aids on a variety of topics. He also had the opportunity to testify before the House Ag committee on the upcoming farm bill. Jeff is married
to Karen, a Certified Public Accountant, and they have one daughter,
Brittany, who is in the fifth grade. |
