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Bob Abel
Regional Manager, Manitoba, Saskatchewan South, Alberta
Kindersley
What was your first job in the AG industry?
I grew up in Major, Saskatchewan and got my first paying job in the ag industry in 1981 with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, working in an elevator.
What is your most memorable experience working for FarmLink?
Definitely signing my very first FarmLink client.
What gets you fired up about working at FarmLink?
I love the adrenaline rush that comes from making sales for clients. It is also easy to get excited when we are holding on making sales and the price rallies.
What was your most memorable grain marketing experience?
My most memorable experience was filling a 10,000-tonne canola special by myself, while my co-worker and fellow sales rep was home for lunch. He was not happy. I told him I could eat later.
Where did you work before FarmLink?
I spent more than 32 years with Viterra (Sask Wheat Pool) before joining the FarmLink team.
If I wasn’t working with FarmLink I would be a ______.
If I wasn’t a grain marketing advisor I’d be a professional baseball player. Or I guess at my age, I would have to be a coach in the big leagues.
What do you do for fun?
When I’m not at work, I enjoy coaching ball, volunteering, curling and doing yardwork. I also love to fire up the barbeque or smoker on the deck and entertain friends.
What is something most people don’t know about you?
I throw a football with my right hand and a baseball with my left.
