On the opening day of the 70th National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention the NAFB Foundation awarded this year’s scholarship recipients during a luncheon sponsored by the CME Group. Gina Olsen is the first recipient of the George Logan Scholarship. She is attending the University of Missouri and seeking a degree in agriculture. Amie Burke is the recipient of the …
Relevancy in Changing Media Landscape
Charlie Moger with Wizard of Ads, spoke to the afternoon session of professional development at NAFB Annual Convention. Charlie’s discussion was about how and where people find their information is changing. He says that a decade from now the landscape will change again, as producers and growers become younger and taking over family operations. Twitter and Facebook are the go-to …
ZimmCast with NAFB President Elect
The lovely and talented Janet Adkison is our guest on this week’s ZimmCast, live and unplugged from the 70th annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) convention in Kansas City. Janet is the president-elect of NAFB and has been in farm broadcasting for many years, starting with local radio in Springfield, Missouri. We hired her from there to work at …
Airing on the Side of Agriculture with Larry Quinn
Larry Quinn wasn’t quite ready to walk away from the agriculture communications industry when he retired as Director of Communications at USDA. With his strong connection to the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Larry saw a need to share the story and legacy of farm broadcasters across the country. “I looked around and among the membership of NAFB I found …
Farm Broadcasters at AMS
Right after I did a post this week about why farm broadcasters should attend Ag Media Summit I did run into a couple of farm broadcasters there, including Tom Cassidy with New York-based Ag Radio Network, who was able to visit with some of the InfoExpo exhibitors like Kerry Overton with Koch Agronomics. Also in attendance to represent the National …
Why Farm Broadcasters Should Attend AMS
Every time I attend the Ag Media Summit I am disappointed that there are few, if any, farm broadcasters here. It’s really sad because this is such a great event and there is so much to offer for broadcasters in this day and age. Here’s just a few reasons why farm broadcasters should be a part of AMS, either by …
Grant Program Supports Future Newscasters
Nearly a dozen future newscasters throughout the U.S. are gaining valuable experience in farm broadcasting this summer as part of the DuPont Pioneer NAFB (National Association of Farm Broadcasting) Foundation Internship Program. The program assists 10 NAFB member stations and networks with $1,000 grants from Pioneer to provide interns on-the-job agricultural broadcasting experience — from news production to live reporting. …
NAFB Exec Suffers Heart Attack – Updated
*Important UPDATE 2:30 pm Central* He is reported to be doing well, but prayers are requested for National Association of Farm Broadcasting Executive Director Tom Brand who suffered a “serious heart attack” yesterday, according to the NAFB office. NAFB president Mark Oppold informed the membership of the organization by email that Tom is doing fine and is at Heartland Regional …
Second Amendments Entertain NAFB
During the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Washington Watch program we had entertainment provided by the Second Amendments. I almost forgot I had this video on my iPhone. But it’s worth sharing. If you like Dire Straits, Sultans of Swing, then listen to the Second Amendments version! 2013 NAFB Washington Watch Photo Album
Broadcasters Support Farm Broadcasting
The roots of agricultural broadcasting run deep in broadcast history, starting with the first stations on the air in the 1920’s airing weather and market reports for farmers and ranchers. By 1922, the USDA reported that 35 of the 36 stations licensed by the Commerce Department had been approved to broadcast USDA markets! Since farm broadcasting has been such an …