Previous journalism experience does indeed count when you take over an editor position and so does a little public relations work! Congrats to Greg Vincent on his new gig with Farm Journal Media. He’s been named editor of TOP PRODUCER magazine beginning June 18. In making the announcement, Farm Journal Media Vice President of Editorial Charlene Finck said, “The vision …
Tractor Co. Pulls in Gold For Country Living
The Country Living Association gets a new gold sponsor. The Association’s director, Courtney Yukis, says Tractor Supply Company now possesses a gold-level sponsorship. Tractor Supply Company joins Land O’Lakes, Purina Feed and Fastline Publications at the gold-level. Founding sponsors include John Deere, Allied Insurance and Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company. All Country Living Association sponsors promote rural living. Membership in Country …
Top Marketers in Equipment Industry Recognized
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has named the winners of its “Measures of Success” marketing awards program. Companies from across the U.S. and Canada comprise the list of winners. AEM’s Publications in Construction and Agriculture issued the awards which recognize excellence in marketing communications for the off-road equipment industry. The annual awards are also meant to stress the significant role …
Farm Journal Honors Sonja Hillgren
As a way to honor the late Sonja Hillgren, Farm Journal has set up the Sonja Hillgren/FARM JOURNAL Ag Journalism Field Reporting Institute. This “will allow the spirit of the late Sonja Hillgren to live on in future reporters at her alma mater, the University of Missouri-Columbia.” The Sonja Hillgren/FARM JOURNAL Ag Journalism Field Reporting Institute is the backbone of …
Top Producer Tops NAAJ Awards
The North American Agricultural Journalists annual meeting is over and some awards were presented. It looks like a big winner is Top Producer magazine. TOP PRODUCER magazine, the leading business magazine for commercial farmers, recently took both first and second place in the North American Agricultural Journalists (NAAJ) annual writing contest in the “Series” category with its editorial coverage of …
Learfield is Living The Country Life
It looks like Living The Country Life is getting a big boost now that Meredith has teamed up with Learfield Communications. I recorded a conversation with Learfield’s Stan Koenigsfeld, who describes the whole project and what they are planning for those people who have an above average annual household income and live on 3 or more acres. Pictured here are …
Jim Dickrell Moves Up At Dairy Today
I can’t wait until I celebrate 17 years of editing AgWired. Way to go Jim. Jim Dickrell, long-time editor of DAIRY TODAY, has been promoted to Associate Publisher. In his new position, Dickrell will work closely with Farm Journal Media Livestock Group Publisher Bill Newham in the development and execution of information products targeting the dairy industry. In addition to …
St. Louis is AgWired
Is agriculture important to St. Louis? You bet it is. In fact, one of the first jobs we had here at ZimmComm was to do an economic study of the financial importance of agriculture to the St. Louis economy for the St. Louis AgriBusiness Club. This was way before we began blogging and podcasting. Now about 3 years later that …
TRENDS by Cattle-Fax
If you’re wondering what the trends are in the cow-calf business then you need TRENDS. Responding directly to the needs of its clients in the cow-calf sector, Cattle-Fax has introduced TRENDS, a monthly newsletter specifically for cow-calf producers. Like other Cattle-Fax publications, TRENDS will provide expert research and analysis on the issues that affect all facets of the cattle and …
Corn Crop Will Be Big
Everyone seems to want to know how much corn is going to be planted and what it’s going to be used for. Farm Futures has their producer planting intention survey results out and they say it’s going to be a big one. Thank you ethanol and prices. Farm Futures estimates corn plantings at 88.4 million acres, up 13% from last …