Al has been an active member of NFRBMEA and has served as secretary, treasurer, conference chairman, and co-chairman.
He has taught farm management at Rugby since 1979, and with a change in local program sponsorship, Al will now be with Dakota College – Bottineau. He taught four years prior at Cooperstown. Along with his teaching assignment, Al also serves as a State coordinator for Farm Business Management Education.
Al is a graduate of North Dakota State University. He is an active member of the North Dakota Association of Agriculture Educators, National Association of Agriculture Educators, and American Career and Technical Educators. Al served as president of the North Dakota Association of Agriculture Educators in 1996-97.
Al and his wife Nancy have two children: Michael and Jennifer. Michael has a 4 year-old daughter and Jennifer is expecting the Graners' first grandson.
