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The possibility of starting a new organization for farm broadcasters was mentioned as early as 1940. NAFB Historian Mike Adams visits with Roddy Peeples, who joined NARFD in 1956, for a look back at the early years of the association and how it has evolved through the years.

Mike Railsback, a former farm broadcaster with WDAF and KFEQ Radio, still lives in the Kansas City area...

Jerry Passer, a former farm broadcaster at Brownfield Ag News, has retired and lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa...

Kristi Pettis Osterlund, a former farm broadcaster with USDA and the Northern Ag Network, has two children with her husband, Mark, and lives in Montana...

Jeannette Merritt, a former Indiana farm broadcaster, is still active in agriculture today...

This month, I talked with Emeritus Member Rich Hawkins.

For this edition of “Where Are They Now?,” I fvisited with longtime Indiana farm broadcaster Skip Davis, who retired in 2008; and--as you’ll hear--is enjoying retirement but has fond memories of his career.

Pictured are Susan and Skip Davis.