The National Association of Farm Broadcasters is saddened to share the news that charter-signing member Warren Kester has passed away.  Kester was a life-long member of the agriculture community and worked as a journalist in print and on air for almost 60 years.

Kester was 95 years old at the time of his passing in March.  He was born on June 18, 1920 on a farm in Iowa.  He graduated Iowa State University with a degree in agronomy and married Ruth Lucile Yount.  In 1949 he became the manager of the Sioux City Market News Foundation.  He later worked as a journalist and editor for Farm Journal magazine and BEEF magazine.  During his 58 years in the industry Kester photographed and interviewed many key leaders in the cattle industry.

Services will be held on June 18, 2016 at Cass Church & Cemetery in Anamosa, Iowa.