LAGRANGE, IN – LaGrange County has a new agriculture and natural resources educator for the first time in almost three decades.

The Purdue Extension Office announced that Jeff Burbrink is taking over for Steve Engleking, who retired after 28 years with the LaGrange County Extension.

Burbrink was the ag educator in Elkhart County during the early 1980’s. He then worked at Purdue University before becoming the ag educator in Noble County, were he also worked with ten farms. In 1993, Burbrink was again hired to be the ag educator for Elkhart County.