Charles Johnson is the newest addition to join the TOP PRODUCER editorial team as the magazine’s national editor. The magazine has promoted another staff member, Linda Smith, to executive editor. In making the announcements, Greg Vincent, editor of TOP PRODUCER, said the addition of Johnson to the staff “is great not only for Farm Journal Media, but also for the …
RFD-TV Going HD in November
How about an RFD-TV twofer? That’s apparently what the world will get starting this fall when they launch their new high-definition channel. Could anything be more beautiful on TV than rural America in high-definition? RFD-TV is proud to announce the launch of RFD HD, this company’s new 24-hour television channel. RFD HD will create even more original programming to better …
The DTN Blogs
Chris Clayton over at DTNAg.com brought to my attention the fact that they’ve got several blogs up and running on their website. They all say “Limited Trial” on them which I think is interesting. I guess they’re just testing the waters on this blog thing. I’m betting they’d like some feedback on what they’re doing so check it out and …
News & Booze and Slow Food
Laura just brought my attention to “Slow Food,” an organization that I coincidentally mentioned in a recent post. I haven’t finished checking them out but did come across an article on their website that rings true to American agricultural journalists. In his article Phil Rees bemoans the lack of alcohol in today’s newsrooms. He writes about the good old days …
Brownfield Gets More Air Time
Listeners in Indiana who want to catch up on ag news now have two new affiliate radio stations to tune to in Fort Wayne, IN. Both 1250-AM and 102.9-FM are offering Brownfield’s comprehensive daily farm radio program at 5:45 am and 1:25 pm Monday through Friday. Brownfield says the shows will address local issues within the northeast Indiana market: Station …
Hefty Competition at Ag PhD
I don’t know how familiar you are with Brian and Darren Hefty of Ag PhD but they’ve just started making their television show available on their website. They also produce a regular radio feature called “The Ag Minute.” “As farmers ourselves we understand that it might not always be possible to watch Ag PhD as often as farmers would like,” …
Beef Quality Counts
“In today’s consumer-driven environment, just one bad beef-eating experience has the potential for long-term impact for all segments of the food chain,” says Dr. Ken Prusa of Iowa State University. I will be hearing about that from Dr. Prusa and colleagues Dr. Floyd McKeith, University of Illinois, and Dr. Keith Belk, Colorado State University, at a sensory briefing and wet …
Taryn Dameron Interning for Brownfield
Brownfield will have a summer intern. Her name is Taryn Dameron. Taryn inherited her passion for agriculture growing up on a farm in western Missouri where her family raises crossbred cattle and row crops. She is currently finishing up her sophomore year at the University of Missouri where she is pursuing a degree in Agriculture Journalism. Taryn has experience writing …
Farmer Frank Wins First Place
Thanks to the Ag Documentation Center for bringing this to my attention. It’s a really good piece of television photojournalism. In fact, it’s the #1 award winner of the Poynter Institute 2007 The Best of Television Photojournalism. The first place winner is Jonathan Malat/KARE Minneapolis, Minn. Jonathan follows Farmer Frank who has made the move to the city but can’t …
AgNetwork.com Launches
The number of online ag news and information resources just keeps growing. I guess it means that more and more farmers are getting their information online doesn’t it? Or are we all just crazy? I only bring this up because over the last week I’ve still had people question the value of online communications to farmers. My guess is that …