During last week’s Sunbelt Ag Expo the first person I interviewed was Ev Griner. Ev has been in broadcasting since 1948 (60 years)! He’s an icon of the farm broadcasting business in the deep southeast and is still producing daily programming for Southeast AgNet. I’ve known Ev for a lot of years but hadn’t seen him in over 10 years.

So we sat down and got caught up and I recorded our conversation for you. Ev has seen a lot of changes in communications as you can well imagine. So when I asked him for his advice on how to communicate to today’s farmer he just said, “Communications.” He says that the farmer has not only always been open minded but looking to technology to help him in his business and that includes how he gets information.

While I was in Moultrie, GA, I got to have supper with Ev and his wife, Vivian (pictured here). It was a great time and I’m glad I got the chance.

The program this week ends with music from the Podsafe Music Network. This one is called “Cotton Picking Blues” from Son Seals. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for listening.

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