Airing on the Side of Agriculture

Bill Smith, strategic marketing manager for Helena Products Group, is the host of the FieldLink podcast, which was recognized as the Best of National Agri-Marketing Association – Podcasts.

The podcast aims to explore industry topics relevant to farmers and other agricultural audiences.

Melissa Hammer started as a farm broadcaster at Red River Farm Network on May 6.

She graduated from the University of Minnesota Crookston with a bachelor's degree in animal science. Hammer grew up on a farm in central Minnesota and was involved in 4-H and FFA. Her background in agriculture influenced her to pursue higher education.

Owen Roberts, director of agricultural communications at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is working with a team to establish the James F. Evans Global Center for Food and Agricultural Communications at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Mark Upton is the senior director of agricultural products for Central Life Sciences, and he trains horses in his spare time.

Upton has profit and loss responsibilities for two businesses in his full-time position.

“The first business sells feed additive products that you would give to livestock to prevent flies,” Upton said. “The other business sells products such as sticky traps, scatter baits, and sprays used to kill or prevent flies.”

While he enjoys his day job, Upton pursues a passion that he has had since childhood.

John Herath was promoted to assistant vice president of communications for the U.S. Meat Export Federation on April 1.

He graduated from MacMurray College with his bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1992, and he started an impressive career in agricultural communications during his college years.

Community responsibility. That is the theme that has guided Brian Winnekins through his 30+ year-long career as a farm broadcaster.

Suzanne Hubbard, a former farm broadcaster with KKOW Radio in Pittsburg, Kansas, has a family of five and is remains active in agriculture...

For the second time in the last 10 months, NAFB worked with officials from the White House to share remarks from President Donald J. Trump to the nation’s farmers, ranchers, and agricultural community. Utilizing the NAFB News Service, NAFB shared the update with its broadcast members.

Chosen to receive an NAFB Foundation Grant, WKDZ (Cadiz, KY) hired Caitlin Oakes to serve as the intern for the WKDZ Morning Ag Report and the Ag Edge website this summer. Caitlin is studying agribusiness at Murray State University, with a minor in mass communications.