The newly-modified 2015 Golden ARC Awards Contest, with many new categories and now permitting online submission of entries, is accepting entries, effective immediately and until March 31, 2015. Not satisfied with record-breaking entries in 2014, the Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) seeks to further improve the Awards Program and has moved to an online submission process this year, allowing entrants to …
ARC Reinstates Ag Comm Scholarship
The Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) is pleased to announce it is reinstating its scholarship program for college students studying ag communications. The organization, through its foundation, will grant one, $1,500 scholarship for the 2015-2016 school year. ARC conducted a scholarship program up until about 10 years ago. Through the financial contributions of recent Hall of Fame recipients Richard Howell and …
Get ARC Activities on 2015 Calendar
We’ve got a lot of activities on our 2015 calendar and here are a few more we need to add. How about getting them on your calendar? Agricultural Relations Council President Mike Opperman says he is expecting continued growth in the next year. The board also developed and put into place a strategic plan that will help guide future ARC …
Ag Relations Council Annual Meeting News
I can’t make them all. Just wish I could. Here’s the news from the recent Agricultural Relations Council Annual Meeting. First up are Golden ARC Award winners. The Golden ARC Awards contest honors the stellar work created by professionals in the agricultural industry. The entries for the 2014 contest were many with 74 entries – 22 campaigns and 55 tactics. …
Donate to the AMS/ARC Silent Auction
Ag Media Summit attendees in 2014 hope to “Rev it Up!” in Indianapolis July 26-30 as Agricultural Relations Council collaborates with AMS friends on this year’s Silent Auction. The goal is to exceed last year’s revenue of more than $3,500. A record 50 items were available at last year’s meeting in Buffalo. Funds raised through the auction are used to …
Invite to 2014 ARC Annual Meeting
You are invited to the 2014 Agricultural Relations Council Annual Meeting. It will be held Tuesday, June 24 at 2:00 PM to Thursday, June 26 at 10:00 PM at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, WI. Just two months remain before the annual ARC meeting and the agenda is complete. The meeting will be held at the historic Madison Concourse …
More Time to Enter Golden ARC Awards
So, what are you doing this weekend? How about working on your Golden ARC Awards entry? After receiving requests from multiple Commodity Classic attendees, the Agricultural Relations Council folks decided to extend the deadline for the 2014 Golden ARC Awards Contest to next Tuesday March 11, 2014. The 2014 Golden ARC Awards competition includes 35 categories for agricultural public relations …
New Website for ARC
The Agricultural Relations Council has a new website. It is built with WordPress, our platform of choice! Good day. From all of us at ARC (board and staff) we are pleased to announce that the new and improved ARC web site is now live. http://www.agrelationscouncil.org/ Thanks to ARC members John Blue of Truffle Media and Mike Opperman of Charleston Orwig, …
Ag PR Hall of Fame, Nominations Due March 15
Nominations are due March 15 for the Agricultural Public Relations Hall of Fame, an award program honoring agricultural public relations professionals who have made lifetime contributions to the industry. The program, sponsored by the Agricultural Relations Council and AgriMarketing magazine, will recognize its third group of recipients at the June 2014 ARC annual meeting in Madison, Wis. Nominees must be …
2014 Golden ARC Award Deadline Approaching
The Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) has issued a “call for entries” for the 2014 Golden ARC Awards. The competition includes 35 categories for agricultural public relations activities conducted in full or partially in the year 2013. All entires are due to contest headquarters on or before February 28th. Get on the ball and have your entires postmarked by January 31st …