Dennis Michelsen’s career in the ag industry began as a meteorologist doing ag weather reports for the Tribune Radio Network as part of his duties at a private weather forecasting firm in the early 1980s.

When travel restrictions were relaxed earlier this year, Carey Martin (Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network, Waco, Texas) took advantage of the opportunity and kicked off a summer road trip to visit network affiliate stations and see rural Texas.

“You could call it a sweep,” said Farm Director Susan Littlefield (KRVN Rural Radio Network, Surprise, Nebraska). The Nebraska Rural Radio Association’s (NRRA) farm team took gold, silver, and bronze in the Service to Agriculture category during the Nebraska Broadcasters Association annual meeting. 

Orion Samuelson’s career in farm broadcasting spanned over 64 years, the last 60 at WGN Radio in Chicago, Illinois. For this month’s “Lessons Learned,” Orion visited with NAFB Executive Director Tom Brand...

This month, NAFB Historian Mike Adams talked with former Illinois farm broadcaster Jim Fleming who is putting his broadcast experiences to good use...