The National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) handed out a ton of awards during the 82nd annual convention last week.

Meghan Grebner was named Farm Broadcaster of the Year. Grebner, an 18-year media veteran, is broadcast supervisor at Brownfield Ag News, where she oversees the quality and content of the network’s news and radio programming.

C.J. Miller, assistant news director for Hoosier Ag Today and Michigan Ag Today, received the Horizon Award, which annually recognizes an outstanding broadcaster in his or her first five years of professional broadcasting work.

Winning the prestigious Doan Award was Michelle Rook, national news and market reporter for Ag Day TV and U.S. Farm Report at Farm Journal.

Veteran broadcasters Janet Adkison and Gale Cunningham were honored on Thursday evening as 2025 NAFB Hall of Fame inductees. Adkison, a longtime broadcaster who is now director of public affairs and advocacy for the Missouri Farm Bureau, served as NAFB president in 2014. Cunningham, ag director for the Central Illinois Multimedia Group, was the association’s president in 2021.

· Herb Plambeck Award, recognizing top creative farm broadcast advertising, went to Mick Kjar, AgNews 890 (single ad category) for the North Dakota Livestock Alliance Annual Summit; and Susan Littlefield, American Ag Network (series), for Farming Minds: Mental Health in Agriculture.

· Broadcast Contest Awards (Audio) first-place winners: Marketcast (Susan Littlefield, American Ag Network); Newscast (Bryce Doeschot, Nebraska); Feature (Bryce Doeschot, Nebraska); Interview (Parker James).

· Broadcast Contest Awards (Video): First-place winners: Marketcast (AgDay TV); Newscast (Tyne Morgan); Feature (Tyne Morgan); Interview (AgDay TV).

· NAFB News Service Awards: Editor’s Choice (Joanna Guza, Midwest Communications); Editor’s Choice for Exceptional Merit (Jesse Allen, Agriculture of America); Excellence in Ag Reporting (Parker James, Your Ag Network).