NAFB Blog

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.

Stories from the Heartland is the title of a book authored by Max Armstrong (WGN, Chicago, IL). “I like to say that it is my story of thanksgiving...deep appreciation for the people with whom I have worked and others I have been able to meet while originating broadcasts from every state in America and some 35 different nations.

Greg Akagi (WIBW Radio/Kansas Agriculture Network, Topeka, KS) and his wife, Lisa, hosted 50 listeners on a Holiday Vacations 13-day tour of Alaska and Inside Passage Cruise. “Holiday Vacations does a wonderful job in tailoring tours to include looking at agricultural operations in the area that you’re going to,” Greg said.

“Five weeks after the flood water left our home, it was finally declared ‘dry’ so repairs can start,” reports Don Molino (Louisiana Farm Bureau Agri-News Radio Network, Baton Rouge, LA).

On September 18, 2006, a new concept hit the airwaves of Indiana radio stations, delivered by a voice that had been heard on those stations for over two decades. Hoosier Ag Today debuted on 10 stations around the state with a new focus on delivering news for and about Indiana agriculture.