Cindy and I are in post-NAMA recovery. However, we may be physically tired but we’re emotionally charged. Those of you in agricultural marketing and communications will be too once you hear this week’s program which features an interview with Curt Blades, Successful Farming. They just finished the 2009 Farmer Use of Media Study and Curt shares some of their findings. To get the full story you’ll need to contact him. He’s pictured here speaking to the student luncheon at the NAMA convention.

As you would expect, farmer use of the internet as a source of news and information has skyrocketed and this study provides further documentation of that fact. Curt says the study is projectable and provides breakouts for age and income demographics. Once again it shows that the higher the farm income level, the higher the use of the internet. He says they also found that high speed internet access is much more widespread than many think. I think you’ll enjoy hearing about this new study of farmer media use habits.

This week’s program ends with music from the Podsafe Music Network. It’s a song titled, “Surgery Successful Oh Yeah”, by Scott Clous. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for listening.

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