Listeners in Indiana who want to catch up on ag news now have two new affiliate radio stations to tune to in Fort Wayne, IN. Both 1250-AM and 102.9-FM are offering Brownfield’s comprehensive daily farm radio program at 5:45 am and 1:25 pm Monday through Friday. Brownfield says the shows will address local issues within the northeast Indiana market: Station …
Hefty Competition at Ag PhD
I don’t know how familiar you are with Brian and Darren Hefty of Ag PhD but they’ve just started making their television show available on their website. They also produce a regular radio feature called “The Ag Minute.” “As farmers ourselves we understand that it might not always be possible to watch Ag PhD as often as farmers would like,” …
Beef Quality Counts
“In today’s consumer-driven environment, just one bad beef-eating experience has the potential for long-term impact for all segments of the food chain,” says Dr. Ken Prusa of Iowa State University. I will be hearing about that from Dr. Prusa and colleagues Dr. Floyd McKeith, University of Illinois, and Dr. Keith Belk, Colorado State University, at a sensory briefing and wet …
Taryn Dameron Interning for Brownfield
Brownfield will have a summer intern. Her name is Taryn Dameron. Taryn inherited her passion for agriculture growing up on a farm in western Missouri where her family raises crossbred cattle and row crops. She is currently finishing up her sophomore year at the University of Missouri where she is pursuing a degree in Agriculture Journalism. Taryn has experience writing …
Farmer Frank Wins First Place
Thanks to the Ag Documentation Center for bringing this to my attention. It’s a really good piece of television photojournalism. In fact, it’s the #1 award winner of the Poynter Institute 2007 The Best of Television Photojournalism. The first place winner is Jonathan Malat/KARE Minneapolis, Minn. Jonathan follows Farmer Frank who has made the move to the city but can’t …
AgNetwork.com Launches
The number of online ag news and information resources just keeps growing. I guess it means that more and more farmers are getting their information online doesn’t it? Or are we all just crazy? I only bring this up because over the last week I’ve still had people question the value of online communications to farmers. My guess is that …
Mike Miller Was a Great Farm Broadcaster
It’s with a great deal of sadness that I have to report that Mike Miller, a friend and award winning farm broadcaster has passed away. Many of you may remember Mike from his days in farm broadcasting. Just prior to moving to Missouri I even lived with Mike in Houston and commuted with him to work each day as we …
Lee McCoy Rides for Cancer
This is Lee McCoy, Southeast AgNet, taking part once again in a ride for cancer research. I know that a lot of people in the AgWired audience know Lee and have supported him in his efforts. Hallelujah and Praise the Lord. You all did it. Thank you so much for your generosity. As I am writing this e-mail you have …
DTN Launches DTNAg.com
This announcement came out earlier this week during NAMA. It looks like a very comprehensive DTN website. There’s even a section of blogs. Who would have ever thought that farmers would read blogs? It looks like DTN thinks so. DTN, the leading provider of real-time market, news and weather information services for agriculture, today announced the launch of DTNAg.com, an …
Introducing the Ohio AgNet
Bart Johnson and Dale Minyo have been hard at work creating a new agricultural media outlet in Ohio called the Ohio AgNet. Programming is scheduled to start tomorrow, April 9 on about 20 radio stations according to the pair when I interviewed them late last week. It sounds like some changes at Clear Channel Communications have led to new opportunities …