NAFB members heard from Jennifer Duffy, The Cook Political Report, at dinner this evening. Jennifer says she started covering this year’s election in early 2006 and she’s going to be ready for a 3 month vacation after it’s over. I spoke to her prior to dinner and learned that her job is to analyze and try to figure out the …
NAFB Issues Forum
I really don’t think Ken Root, WHO, is kneeling at the altar of wheat here but it is a different way to do an interview. He’s one of the many farm broadcasters here at the NAFB Washington Watch who participated in this afternoon’s Issues Forum session. Various commodity groups attend with representatives who can talk about issues pertinent to their …
NAFB Leaders Watching Washington
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting leadership took a few minutes after the opening meeting of their annual Washington Watch program to talk with me about the event. Pictured here (l-r) are Randy Koenen, Red River Farm Network, Pam Jahnke, Fabulous Farm Babe and Greg Akagi, Kansas Ag Network. Randy explains what happens at a Washington Watch, which includes a …
NAFB Obtaining Waves of Farmer Media Use Info
According to Executive Director, Bill O’Neill, the National Association of Farm Broadcasting is conducting waves of farmer media use surveys this year. It’s their NAFB 2008 National Producer Media-Use Study. He says they’re focusing on larger producers and ranchers (Class 1A, $100,000+ in sales/gross farm income). I’ll be attending next week’s NAFB Washington Watch program courtesy of the organization to …
NAFB Will Be Watching Washington
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting is holding its annual Washington Watch program at the end of April and for the first time in a few years I’ll be attending. On this week’s program we’ll learn about it from program chair Lindsay Hill, BARN. I know I’m a little late this week but maybe I can get back on my …
April Fool’s Headline From NAFB
In the spirit of April Fool’s Day the NAFB has a set of news headlines posted (sent to me via email) that includes the following: Donald Trump Tears Down Towers to Plant Soybeans – Sees Bright Future in Biodiesel” “New Yorkers Planting Soybeans in Window Boxes – Forming Marketing Co-Op” “Astronauts Take Milk to Moon to Compare Cheeses” “Soy Ink …
Advertise in NAFB Directory
Interested in supporting the National Association of Farm Broadcasting via an ad in their membership directory? Now’s the time to let them know. The annual NAFB Directory is in development with a projected mailing date of early March. Advertising space is available for Allied Industry Council members at a cost of $1,500 for a full page color ad placed within …
Farm Broadcasting’s Future
Some highlight audio clips are featured in this week’s program. I asked past NAFB President, Pam Fretwell and new NAFB VP, Greg Akagi, what they think is the future of farm broadcasting. I think you’ll hear that both are certain there is a good future. I’m also including the full presentation that Paul McKellips made at one of the NAFB …
Some More NAFB Awards
Last week I covered some of the awards given out at the NAFB Convention. One of the things they do is present tenure awards each 5 years after you become a broadcast council member (used to be called voting members). Besides that they give them out more frequently to really old timers like Derry Brownfield, Brownfield Network here (just joking …
New Media Training at NAFB
Cindy took a picture of my NAFB new media training session before leaving on Friday. Here’s session sponsor Jerry Harrington, Pioneer Hi-Bred, speaking along with Andy Vance, Buckeye Ag Network/ABN, session moderator. I think the session went very well and I got a lot of positive feedback. Maybe we can do it again next year and change the focus to …