AgWired

New Holland once again sponsored the Oscar in Agriculture Award. This year’s winner for excellence in farm broadcast reporting is Susan Risinger, WJAG, pictured here with New Holland’s Gene Hemphill.

Susan did a series of stories on hydroponic tomato growing in Nebraska which we heard a cut from.

Susan’s award concluded the Night of Honors banquet.

The Dix Harper Meritorious Service Award was presented to Vic McGill, CC/KATZ Advantage at last night’s NAFB Awards dinner.

I think it was the famous Vic McGill laugh that did it and we heard it last night. Vic was truly moved by the award and looks forward to continuing his service to the farm broadcasting industry.

Vic is pictured with NAFB President Pam Fretwell.

One of the new inductees into the NAFB Hall of Fame is Bob Nance.

Bob was here and got up to the microphone one more time.

Both of this year’s inductees got standing ovations for long and distinguished careers in farm broadcasting.

Please feel free to post any comments you have about Bob and his career in comments.

Michelle Rook, WNAX, pictured on the left announced our NAFB Hall of Fame winners at last night’s banquet. She’s pictured here with members of the George Menard family. George was one of the inductees.

We had a great video presentation of the lives and careers of these farm broadcasting greats that was put together by NAFB Historian Todd Gleason, WILL. If you have any details about George that you’d like to post in comments please feel free.

Local blues band favorite Neon Blue performed for NAFB once again last night.

The Blues Bash has been around for years. I seem to remember being one of several people who emptied our pockets of cash at the first one to keep them playing for some extra hours. I did not stay to the end to see if I would have to do it again though.

The activity here at the convention kind of got off to a slower start than yesterday. I’m just guessing that the Blues Bash had a little bit to do with it.

The annual NAFB Foundation Auction was a great success and Leah Guffey, WFMB worked very hard to help make it so. In fact, she even rode the pink tractor around the whole room to entice bids for this item.

I don’t know what the record amount raised in an auction is but I know that Cyndi Young who organized this year’s auction was all smiles. Feel free to post the results in comments if you know them.