Cindy and I were very saddened to hear of the passing of George Logan. George was one of the people we got to know well through the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. He was always willing to talk and offer advice over the years and always seemed to kept a pretty level head. We have memories of visiting him at …
Looking Back at Agri Marketing in 2012
To take a look back at the most viewed stories in the agricultural marketing world Lynn Henderson, Publisher, Agri Marketing Magazine, and myself did a run through of the top stories and posts on our websites. This is the first time we’ve done this and we had a lot of fun. Enough fun that we think we should do it …
Farm Journal Gets Commodity Update
Big announcement from Farm Journal and Commodity Update today! Farm Journal Media announced it has acquired the majority interest in Commodity Update, the leading mobile media company serving agriculture. Farm Journal acquired a minority stake in the company two years ago. Joel Jaeger will continue to serve as CEO of Commodity Update, will continue to maintain a significant stake in …
A Toast to Anita
This is a toast to Anita Vanderwert. One of our very good friends who is leaving Learfield Communications and Brownfield Ag News for a new career opportunity. I’m sure we’ll still see Anita somewhere out there on the agriblogging highway though. This week Learfield had a farewell party which we couldn’t attend. But thanks to Joyce Steinman, we got pictures! …
Season’s Greetings From NAFB
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting is sharing their season’s greetings. Celebrate… the Tradition of Giving, the Beauty of the Season, and a New Year of Peace and Happiness! From Your Friends at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting 2012 NAFB President Tom Steever has written a holiday story for your listening pleasure, featuring the 2012 NAFB Board of Directors. …
Looking Ahead to 2013 Ag Media Summit
Here’s a Merry Christmas from the Livestock Publications Council Board of Directors. They’re looking forward to a wonderful 2013. Speaking of 2013 and LPC: Forrest Bassford Student Award We are happy to announce that Alltech will again be the major sponsor of the Forrest Bassford Student Award. Scholarship applications for the award are available on LPC’s website. This scholarship will …
A Farm Progress Holiday Greeting
How about a holiday greeting from Farm Progress? You can watch it online here. Happy holidays from all of us at Farm Progress, Agriculture’s information leader. This holiday season we wish you a peaceful holiday and a prosperous new year. From all of us at Farm Progress we wish you every happiness this holiday season and prosperity in the new …
2013 AAEA Summer Internship Apps Being Accepted
Applications are now being accepted by the American Agricultural Editors Association for the organization’s 2013 Summer Internships. One undergraduate college student in agricultural communications will be chosen to work as an Editorial Intern for High Plains Journal in Dodge City, Kan., and the AAEA Marketing Communications Intern will work with Morgan & Myers and the Progressive Agriculture Foundation in its …
Social Media – Listen. Talk. Ask.
To help wrap up Alltech’s Global 500 last week Billy Frey, Senior Vice President of the Alltech Ag Network, and David Butler, Alltech’s Web Marketing Manager, discussed the future of communication. What does the future hold in terms of communication? Well, if you ask these guys the answer is social media. People don’t turn to magazines, newspapers or even television …
AgriTalk Now Owned by Farm Journal Media
Here are two of the AgriTalk dudes working at the NAFB convention last month. John Herath, Producer (left) and show host Mike Adams. They now work for a new company. John has a smart phone held up to his ear. Yeah, he’s an agnerd like me. Yesterday Farm Journal Media announced that they’ve acquired AgriTalk from Vance Publishing. AgriTalk is …