Congratulations to Courtney Yuskis, pictured on the left. These beautiful professional agrimarketers attended this year’s NAMA conference. Courtney is a new Sales Executive for Successful Farming Magazine. I just spoke with her and she’s really looking forward to a move to Des Moines. Previously Yuskis managed digital projects for The Hondo Group, from website development and deployment to the advancement …
Brownfield Announces Charter Ohio Affiliates
Brownfield Ag News announced the charter affiliates for its Ohio network today. Local ag coverage will be handled by Dave Russell. Meanwhile, new Brownfield farm broadcaster Meghan Grebner is getting some in-studio training at the company headquarters in Jefferson City, MO. Cindy and I had dinner with Meghan earlier this week and we look forward to her continued contributions to …
Irish Agricultural Journalism
The ZimmCast takes an Irish turn this week. I visited with agricultural journalist, Damien O’Reilly. Damien works for the Irish National Television and Radio Broadcaster, RTE where he hosts a weekly show called, “Countrywide.” The show is the evolution of “Farmweek” which was very production agriculture focused. The change in the show allows for more rural lifestyle content while still …
Fastline Announces New President
Fastline Publications is pleased to announce that Tim Hess has been promoted to President. Hess, formerly Executive Vice-President and CFO, has been with the company for more than 11 years. In the past 11 years, Hess has played a vital role in the advancement of Fastline products and services. He has been an integral part in the development of key …
NAFB President Killed in Crash
It is with a great deal of sadness that I am sharing with you the news that Lindsay Hill, Farm Journal Media, was killed in a traffic accident this morning. I just received the news from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Lindsay was currently serving as the association president. Here is the message from NAFB. It is with a …
Common Sense Coalition Talk Radio
The Common Sense Coalition Talk Radio is alive and well. What was the Derry Brownfield Show has made a metamorphosis after his passing away and host Beth Schoenberg is carrying on the duties. It’s: Straight Talk With A Knack For Seeing Things As They Really Are The CommonSense Coalition is heard daily across America bringing our common sense approach to …
Washington Post Future of Food Conference Needs More Farmers
This morning I was sent an announcement from the Washington Post about “The Future of Food Conference.” According to their website the conference will answer the question: “How is American and international food production changing to respond to growing demand from consumers for healthier and more natural food? Experts from some of world’s biggest food companies, academia and nonprofits discuss …
Visiting With Vance
What is the one thing you like best about NAMA and the Agri-Marketing Conference? For me it’s the opportunities for networking and fellowship with clients and friends. That’s what I got to do at the Vance Publishing reception at The Cashew last night. While there I met Tim Tobeck, VP/Publishing Director. Tim is relatively new to Vance so with my …
Getting Together With KFEQ On A Saturday Morning
This morning on KFEQ-AM 680 you could hear a conversation between me and Farm Director, Tom Brand. Tom likes to chat with other farm broadcasters on his weekly program and in this case he made it more of a farm webcaster. I really appreciated the opportunity to talk about what we do and in our conversation we also get into …
NAFB President Lindsay Hill Joins Farm Journal Media
National Association of Farm Broadcasting President Lindsay Hill has a new job. She’s the new Agribusiness Director for Farm Journal Media with duties on AgDay and U.S. Farm Report and did her first broadcast last Friday which you can watch in the archives. I’ll let you guess which one is Lindsay and which one is Gary Wilhelmi in the screenshot …