PLATTE CITY, Mo. (March 12, 2025) – The National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), through its foundation, awarded 11 internship grants totaling $33,000 to member farm broadcasting stations and networks. The grants help provide students with on-the-job experience in agriculture broadcasting, from live reports covering agricultural events to a look outside the studio into the business model of a broadcast entity.
Each station or network awarded a grant will select a deserving agricultural communications student for the internship experience. The students will also attend and be recognized for their achievements at a special NAFB Foundation Celebration Luncheon during NAFB’s Convention in November in Kansas City.
"The NAFB Foundation is proud to invest $33,000 in internship grants that will help cultivate the next generation of farm broadcasters through hands-on, practical experience," says Meghan Grebner, NAFB Foundation president and broadcast supervisor for Brownfield Ag News. "This investment is made possible through the generous support of corporate donations, booster club contributions, and funds raised at our annual auction. Together, we are strengthening farm broadcasting and building better communicators for all of American agriculture."
Receiving the 2025 internship grants are:
- Agriculture News Daily
- Brownfield Ag News
- Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network
- Northern Ag Network
- Ohio Ag Net
- Radio Oklahoma Ag Network
- Rural Radio Network
- WITY Radio (Danville, IL)
- WSGW Radio (Saginaw, MI)
- WYXY Classic 99.1 FM (Champaign, IL)
- Your Ag Edge Network
Since its inception in 1977, the foundation has funded $329,500 in internship grants. The grant program is funded through generous donations from individual donors through the booster club, the annual auction and corporate donors, including J.L. Farmakis, Illinois Farm Bureau and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
The NAFB Foundation is a critical component of NAFB, working to keep the quality and viability of the farm broadcasting profession and the ag communications industry at the highest level. In addition to student scholarships and internship grants to participating farm radio stations and networks, the foundation also supports NAFB continuing education plus marketing and research activities.
For more information about NAFB Foundation or to donate, please visit nafb.com/foundation.
NAFB is a non-profit professional organization whose mission is to lead, promote, and support growth in agricultural and rural broadcasting for the benefit of its members, audiences, and industry.
