Patrick Cavanaugh (California Ag Today, Clovis, CA) reports massive atmospheric rivers, one after another over the last few months, have been racking up rain totals throughout the state. “The San Joaquin 5-Station Precipitation Index surpassed the Top 12 Wettest Season rankings in the state’s climate history by 0.02 of an inch. Furthermore, snow accumulation is 170 percent of normal (as of February 24).”
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Current NAFB President Max Armstrong (Penton Agriculture, WGN Radio, and This Week in AgriBusiness) and Past NAFB President Mark Oppold (RFD-TV and Rural Media Group) were among the drivers of 13 tractors that composed the Rural Tractor Brigade.
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Sara Steever (President, Paulsen Agriculture and NAFB Allied Industry Council member) asks the question, “Do you know any young women considering their education and career options? That's precisely the audience for Spark: Women in Agribusiness, a podcast series that profiles some of the most accomplished women in agriculture.” She explains, “The podcast series came about because I believe it's important to encourage young women to consider agriculture for their life's work.
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“If you don't yet have a 2017 calendar, then you might want to put the new 2017 Classic Farm Tractors Calendar on your wish list,” said Brian Baxter (Baxter Communications, Indianapolis, IN).
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Farm Director Janelle Tucker (KMCH, Manchester, IA) also serves as the station’s news director and on-air host. She grew up as a farm girl in rural Dyersville, IA, the home of The Field of Dreams. “My parents operated a dairy farm, so I had the opportunity at a young age to get involved with chores and field work.
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Thomas (Tom) Davis (WIBL/WRPW, Normal, IL) said, “My broadcasting career has come nearly full circle. I started in 1975 doing news, weather and market reports on WJCK-FM (Rensselaer, IN) and am now the Morning Host, Program-News-Farm Director at Cities 92.9 (Bloomington, IL).”
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In the middle of January, the weather forecasters started warning of a huge weather change for the weekend of January 14. Lory Williams (KBUF, Garden City, KS) reports, “In southwest Kansas, we had enjoyed warmer temperatures for a couple of weeks. I always find it interesting when the warnings come, because some listeners just brush it off.
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KFRM General Manager Kyle Bauer presents the check to rancher Gregg Stewart. “Much of the cattle industry harvests roughage over large secluded geographies where cattle graze with little supervision from farmers and ranchers.
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Jason Vance (Let’s Talk Horses Radio Network, Columbia, MO) began his radio career at KRES (Moberly, MO) while attending the University of Missouri. During a freshman agricultural journalism class, Tom Brand, then the farm director at KFEQ (St. Joseph, MO) was a guest speaker and talked about the radio press corps at the National FFA Convention.
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When Mark Lambert (Allied Industry Member, National Corn Growers Association, Chesterfield, MO) read about Sabrina Hill’s second vocation as Mrs. Santa Claus (featured in our December newsletter), he contacted her to relate his own performances as Santa himself. Through the wonders of PhotoShop, Sabrina combined his and her photos to compose this family photo of Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus.