Airing on the Side of Agriculture

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New Montana NAFB Member

Jim (Sarge) Sargent (Great Falls, MT) comes to KINX 102.7 FM and Star Radio with an agriculture background. He’s been in the radio business for the past 25 years reporting agriculture news and sports at all levels, and he enjoys following the Montana State University Bobcats. 

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Northern Colorado Deep Water-Well To Serve Water-Scare Region

Brian Allmer (BARN Media Network, Briggsdale, CO) reports, “On Colorado’s arid, northeastern plains, a high-capacity water-well promises to tap into a much-needed resource for local cattle and crop production. The 1,500 foot-deep well outside Briggsdale, CO, has been a long-term vision for the Mertens family and their ranching operation.”  

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Bosold Leads Farmer Tour To United Kingdom

“Low commodity prices and too many rules and regulations aren’t specific to U.S. farmers and ranchers. Farmers in England, Wales and Scotland are also looking at finding creative ways to make their bottom lines more black than red, and in many cases it’s not happening. That’s what we found during a recent farm tour to Great Britain with a group of farmers and a few city folks from western and southern Wisconsin,” Bob Bosold reports.

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Ken Morgan Wins The North Dakota Teddy Award

On September 1, The North Dakota Broadcasters Association presented their Teddy Awards for radio and television and covering news, promotions, public service and online/digital presence of broadcast outlets in the state. Ken Morgan (Duane Hagen) said, “To my surprise, one of the stations I work with submitted a report that I did with Extension Meteorologist Daryl Richison. 

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Harker Covers Global News Conference

Julie Harker (Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, MO) had the opportunity in early September to cover the BASF global news conference in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany. She was one of five U.S. ag journalists there and the only U.S. radio reporter. “Sitting in a room with more than 100 ag journalists from 25 countries is a great experience.

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Max Armstrong Publishes Book

Stories from the Heartland is the title of a book authored by Max Armstrong (WGN, Chicago, IL). “I like to say that it is my story of thanksgiving...deep appreciation for the people with whom I have worked and others I have been able to meet while originating broadcasts from every state in America and some 35 different nations.

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Touring Alaska Agriculture

Greg Akagi (WIBW Radio/Kansas Agriculture Network, Topeka, KS) and his wife, Lisa, hosted 50 listeners on a Holiday Vacations 13-day tour of Alaska and Inside Passage Cruise. “Holiday Vacations does a wonderful job in tailoring tours to include looking at agricultural operations in the area that you’re going to,” Greg said.

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Hoosier Ag Today Begins It's Second Decade

On September 18, 2006, a new concept hit the airwaves of Indiana radio stations, delivered by a voice that had been heard on those stations for over two decades. Hoosier Ag Today debuted on 10 stations around the state with a new focus on delivering news for and about Indiana agriculture.

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Firsthand Louisiana Flood Report

For Don Molino (Louisiana Farm Bureau Agri-News Radio Network, Baton Rouge, LA) and his wife, Laura, the "Great Flood of 2016" started at 6:00 a.m. August 14 with a neighbor banging on the front door “telling us if we wanted to get a car out we'd better do it now!” Don explained, “When we went to bed the night before things were calm and dry for the most part.