Michele Egan, a seasoned marketing professional in the animal health industry, was named 2025 National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) Marketer of the Year. She was honored at the NAMA Spring Conference in Kansas City on April 10, 2025.
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Brownfield Ag News is excited to announce that Kellan Heavican recently rejoined the Brownfield team as the anchor/reporter for Nebraska and Kansas. His first day back was March 31, 2025.
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Longtime and award-winning farm broadcaster Susan Littlefield has joined Farm and Ranch Media, providing on-air and digital reports on agricultural news, markets, weather and more for the American Ag Network along with contributions to other FARM brands including Market Talk and AOA.
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Ella Peterson, a freshman studying agricultural communications at Iowa State University, owns and operates a rabbit breeding business while she is a full-time college student. She is also a student member of NAFB.
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NAFB member Matt Gunderson recently celebrated his ten-year anniversary with his employer and looks forward to a bright future.
Gunderson grew up in South Dakota listening to some famous farm broadcasters that interested him in the industry.
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Kevin Hall, communications director for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, assisted with creating the renowned “Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon” promotion, and the campaign is still earning awards today.
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Todd Gleason, extension farm broadcaster for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, assisted with the creation of the Closing Market Report in 1985.
Gleason attended Lincoln Land Community College and the University of Illinois to pursue his bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications.
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Editor’s Note: Article first appeared in Drovers
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By Al Gustin
2012 NAFB Farm Broadcaster of the Year
In his monthly Farm ByLine column for North Dakota Living, 2012 NAFB Farm Broadcaster of the Year Al Gustin writes about the importance of AM Radio in reaching farmers and rural audiences. Reposted with permission from the publisher.
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ELLIS REJOINS WCIA STAFF – Stu Ellis, farm broadcaster, rejoined the staff at WCIA after a two-year gap.
Ellis grew up watching Channel 3 in central Illinois, but no farm broadcaster was on staff. He started out doing a short farm program each morning.
“The station had some public relations challenges, and the new manager came to me,” Ellis said. “I got to start doing a show on the weekends, and I was delighted to do that. We got the station back on firm footing.”