The head of EPA’s recently-created Office of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced he was stepping down this week, after only five months in the new position. Rod Snyder became senior adviser for agriculture at EPA in October 2021 after serving as president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture for seven years. EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced the …
ACN Awards at Ag Media Summit
So many awards are presented at the Ag Media Summit it gets hard to keep track of them all! The Agricultural Communications Network presented awards for writing, design, photography, MarComm and digital & social media. All of the photos can be found here. Of the Year Winners: Communicator of the Year: Katrina Huffstutler, Grant Company Designer of the Year: Rachael …
The Greg and Gregg Show at AMS
The 25th anniversary of Ag Media Summit was celebrated this week and it was interesting to take a walk back through the history of the event with a couple of guys who have been around for awhile – Gregg Hillyer, Editor In Chief at The Progressive Farmer, and Greg Henderson, Editorial Director at Drovers/Farm Journal. Henderson says AMS basically began …
Alltech Honors Young Leaders at Ag Media Summit
Four students currently studying agricultural communications were honored for their excellence, professionalism and leadership earlier this week at Ag Media Summit (AMS). The Livestock Publications Council (LPC) Student Award Program, sponsored by Alltech, provides travel scholarships for four students to attend AMS. “Alltech is proud to support the next generation of agricultural communicators as the ambassadors and voice of our …
Feedstock Management Group Debuts at Tech Hub LIVE
The North American Bioeconomy Data Alliance (NABDA) is a new working group focused on feedstock management that debuted at the recent Tech Hub LIVE event in Des Moines. Spearheading the group are Joyce Hunter with Mission Critical and Kathleen Glass with AquaSpy, who also led a Roundtable Discussion on the topic at THL. NABDA is engaging industry partners help the …
Iowa Economic Development Spurs Sukup Innovations
Sukup Manufacturing Co., based in Sheffield, Iowa, has long been at the forefront of innovation since its inception in 1963. After Sukup aquired automation technologies company Ramco Innovations, the company announced the creation of Sukup Innovations in May of this year with the goal of bolstering agricultural innovation through automation. Renee Hansen, Sukup Manufacturing, External Relations Manager, and Megan Brandt, …
4th Tech Hub LIVE is Another Success
Last week’s fourth Tech Hub LIVE 2024 attracted nearly 700 attendees and featured over 70 exhibiting companies, making it another big success for the CropLife Media Group® event. Half of the companies participating this year have already rebooked for Tech Hub LIVE 2025 when the event will return to Des Moines to celebrate its 5th year. “We are thrilled with …
BioLumic Partners with Seed Companies for New Traits
BioLumic is partnering with Beck’s Hybrids, Peterson Corn Genetics, Peterson Farms Seed, Breeder Direct and other seed companies to use BioLumic’s Genetic Expression Trait™ light-activated technology on a wide range of inbred and hybrid corn lines aiming to enhance their productivity. BioLumic is the world’s only company treating seeds with light to activate genetic expression for new crop traits which …
Industry Groups Support Tech Hub LIVE
Supporting organizations are an important part of the success Tech Hub LIVE has become in just a few short years. This year’s supporters included the Agribusiness Association of Iowa, AgGateway, Agricultural Retailers Association, FIRA 2024, and Iowa Ag Expo 2025. “This meeting is the single best place I go to learn about what’s new in the industry,” said Daren Coppock, …
25th Ag Media Summit Underway in KC
It was 25 years ago that the Ag Media Summit began, first as the Ag Publications Summit in 1999, and it is still the largest gathering of the agriculture industry’s top writers, editors, photographers, publishers and strategic communicators in the U.S. A joint effort of the Livestock Publications Council (LPC), the Agricultural Communicators Network (ACN), and the Connectiv Ag Media …