NAFB Blog

In early 2016, corporate restructuring in RFD TV brought Janet Adkison back to Tennessee, but she kept one foot in the nation’s capital, traveling back for various events. This summer the change is official. Janet is now full-time on the anchor desk welcoming our audience each morning during the Market Day Report and nightly during the Rural Evening News.

Joe Daughhetee (WITY, Danville, IL) graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a BS in accounting and an MS in business. Joe has been in private industry accounting with experience in cost accounting, and for the past 25 years, in public accounting.

Morgan McEnany from Nevada, IA, is one of the 2017 NAFB interns. Mentored by Bob Quinn (Big Show Farm Network, Des Moines, IA). Morgan is a senior at Iowa State University pursuing a degree in agricultural communications with a minor in journalism and mass communications.

​AgNet West marked its fifth anniversary of service provided to the California agriculture industry on July 12, 2017. The network started with 12 stations and has grown to include 33 radio stations throughout the state, reporting ag news from Shasta all the way down to Imperial County.

The newest member of the Red River Farm Network (Grand Forks, ND) farm broadcaster Megan Ternquist began her first week with the network July 24 in Grand Forks. “Megan is a welcome addition and will be a huge asset to our team,” said Red River Farm Network (RRFN) President Don Wick.