Farm broadcasters at NAFB Thursday went straight from Trade Talk to a 45 minute press conference with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The secretary addressed a number of issues – from Veterans Day to rural development to biofuels and took quite a few questions on several topics. He did get a couple of questions about the GIPSA rule, but still refused …
NAFB Trade Talk Was Hopping
NAFB’s annual Trade Talk seemed to be one of the best ever, with many of both the exhibitors and the broadcasters claiming they had set all time interview records. The marathon interview session latest from 7:30 am until 2:00 pm, extended for a half hour this year and it seemed to make a little difference in the pacing of the …
NAFB Scholarship Winners
The winners of this year’s NAFB Foundation scholarships were announced today during the Foundation luncheon. They include Denise Donley, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Taylor James, Kansas State University and Julie Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison. They’re pictured with Taylor Brown, Northern Ag Network. I asked them how it felt to be selected and what they intend to do with their careers. …
Support NAFB Foundation
The NAFB Foundation board met prior to the start of the convention. Leading them was outgoing Foundation President, Taylor Brown, Northern Ag Network. Taylor says “things are rolling.” There are two new members to the board, Don Wick and Ken Root. Ken Anderson will be the new President of the Foundation. To support the effort Taylor says this is the …
NAFB Marketing & Promotion Advisory Board Meeting
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting Marketing and Promotion Advisory Board is meeting this morning at the convention. On the board as well as the NAFB board of directors is Kyle Bauer, center, KFRM. I spoke with Kyle during a break to get an update about the activities of the advisory board. Kyle says the research the group does is …
NAFB Convention Underway
Day one of the NAFB convention is underway. Showing their concern for the environment, you can get an NAFB water bottle to use and re-use, sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim. The first activity on the schedule is the meeting of the Marketing & Promotion Advisory Board. Photos are in the photo album. Cindy is on her way and throughout the next couple …
NAFB Executive Director Says Attendance Strong
The staff of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting is hard at work setting up for convention number sixty six. I caught a few of them during a discussion. The NAFB Executive Director is Mark Vail, pictured center. I spoke with Mark to get a short update on how things are going. It looks like attendance is going to be …
AgWired At NAFB
It’s a little quiet right now in the news room at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention. That’s probably because it’s still being set up and I’m just early. Thanks to Megan Fairchild Anderson, Padilla Speer Beardsley, for taking the photo. She’s helping Sandi Wilson, BASF, who are the sponsors once again of the news room. Thank you BASF! …
NAFB Convention Week
It’s a beautiful morning in Mid Missouri. It’s NAFB convention week. It’s also fall deer hunting time! Opening day for me is this Saturday. In fact, I’m forcing myself to spend today and part of tomorrow getting the camp set up. Then it’s on to KC, MO for NAFB. Remember that you can follow all the action as the farm …
NAFB President-Elect Ready for Convention
The big event of the year for farm broadcasters and everyone else associated in the business is just around the corner – are you ready? The president-elect of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) has everything in place for the annual meeting in Kansas City next week and she is very excited about some of the changes in store …