Airing on the Side of Agriculture

In April 2024, Sara Steever, chief technology officer at Paulsen, spoke to college students at Iowa State University about her experience with AI.

WTMJ, a major metropolitan radio station, added the hour-long Mid-West Farm Report to its show lineup. Pam Jahnke, farm director for Mid-West Farm Report, says the morning show is farm-centered and focused on providing a high-energy atmosphere.

Two agricultural communications companies, Agri-Pulse Communications and ZimmComm, are celebrating their 20^th anniversaries in 2024.

Michelle Stangler, a graduating senior from the University of Wisconsin – River Falls, spent her last semester in college studying abroad in Europe.

KTFB is the newest radio station in the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network and will be based in Waco, Texas.

Bill Zortman, anchor for KELO-AM radio, received the Milt Hakel Award for Excellence in Agricultural Journalism from the National Farmers Union (NFU) at their convention last month.

Mace Thornton, COO of Stratovation Group, has written his first book, titled Jawbone Holler, which will be published later this month.

Lorrie Boyer, farm broadcaster for KSIR, received the Shepherd’s Voice Award from the American Sheep Industry Association in January.

​Stu Ellis, farm broadcaster and agricultural communicator, recently voiced a book titled Back to the Futures.

Joe Gill, farm director for KASM Radio in Albany, Minnesota, received the Industry Leader of the Year Award from Minnesota Soybean Research & Promotion Council in January.