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Rhonda Garrison (Southern Farm Network, Raleigh, NC) talked with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Preparedness team and offers an update on effects of Hurricane Matthew on North Carolina farmers and ranchers. The cotton crop was reduced by 30 percent, about the same amount as last year after Tropical Storm Joaquin, which lingered and produced 12 straight days of rain.
Often called the “radio voice of Kansas Agriculture,” WIBW Radio/Kansas Agriculture Network Farm Director Kelly Lenz was honored as one of the 2016 inductees to the Kansas Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
A 100-megawatt wind energy project by Nextera Energy has arrived at Millard Century Farms LLC at Osborn, MO. Gene Millard is the third generation custodian of the family farm started by his grandparents on the first 80-acre tract in 1905.
Chase Adams will move to Denver at the end of November to join the American Sheep Industry as its Senior Policy and Information Director.
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. 
“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.
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. 
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.