Airing on the Side of Agriculture

“Tall Paul” has retired after more than 45 years greeting guests coming to the Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Missouri. 

Andy Schwab (Northern Ag Network, Billings, Montana) grew up in Powell, Wyoming, on a small farm that produced race horses. He learned to ride horses, hunt, fish, and take pack trips to the backcountry at a very young age. He has yet to lose the passion. Through his high school years at Powell, he competed in sports and FFA, and he started his own farrow-to-finish hog business. He would add many hats to wear after graduation as he jumped right into the work force, oftentimes holding two to three jobs at a time.

Marc Strauss is the host of the Ag Hour on WJBC Radio in Bloomington, Illinois. The show airs weekdays from Noon to 1 p.m. Strauss delivers the latest ag news, commodity reports, and live interviews covering everything from ag tech to segments about McLean County ag history.

Despite working in communications, Kaitlyn Riley’s (WI Farm Report Radio Network, La Crosse, Wisconsin) road to farm broadcasting was better described by the shoes on her feet than with words.

WNAX (Yankton, South Dakota) farm broadcaster Tom Riter was presented the Media Friend Award at the 128th Annual Stockgrowers Convention and Trade Show, October 31-November 1, 2019, in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Kelly Lenz (WIBW and the Kansas Ag Network, Topeka, Kansas) retired from farm broadcasting in August after eight years in Illinois and 41 in Kansas.

Red River Farm Network farm broadcaster Carah Hart met fiancé and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) train conductor Nick Wold during a co-ed softball league game in Grand Forks, North Dakota. 

The love story of Megan Ternquist (Red River Farm Network, Grand Forks, North Dakota) and her fiancé Tanner Overby started in the streets of Binford, North Dakota.

NAFB Events Manager Shannon Higgins and Michael Kennedy will be married at a January 2020 ceremony in Kansas City.  

Sabrina Hill and Rusty Halvorson were married in an intimate wedding with family and close friends September 28, 2019.