By Holly Martin, High Plains Publisher Inc. Ever have a stock tank that had a leak? One that ended up being bigger than you wanted but allowed you to water the cows until you could get it fixed? That’s the AAEA Professional Improvement Fund financial statement at this point. See, I’m a farm girl … Read More
Month: November 2017
Call for Interns: Two Paid Internships Available
By Laurie Bedord, Future Agricultural Communicators Chair The American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA) is accepting applications for two 2018 AAEA summer internships. The first undergraduate college student in agricultural communications will be chosen to work as an editorial communications intern for Successful Farming (Meredith Agrimedia) in Des Moines, Iowa. “Our interns and apprentices don’t … Read More
Five-Minute Expert: The biology of Palmer pigweed
FMC launched a series of “explainers” in last month’s Byline covering basic concepts in pest or weed control. Last month’s topic was “How a herbicide works.” This month’s explainer is “The biology of Palmer pigweed.” The Biology of Palmer Pigweed There are many hard-to-control weeds, especially in soybeans, but one of the worst is … Read More
Access AAEA: Website Tour
This how-to video series will show you how to navigate the members only site, as well as the main website to take full advantage of your member benefits. We launched a new website this year in 2017! Join us as we browse through a few of our pages and show you where to find some … Read More
IFAJ 2019 Minnesota Congress Plans Ramp Up
By Kurt Lawton, AAEA International Committee Chair & IFAJ 2019 Co-Chair Planning committee chairs for IFAJ 2019 Minnesota Congress are starting to ramp up action plans and set initial deadlines for this global agricultural communicators meeting in Minneapolis on July 24-31, 2019 – held in conjunction with our annual Ag Media Summit. Current work … Read More
Why does PIF exist and why should I care?
By Kelly Schwalbe, PIF Chairman We talk a lot about PIF – our Professional Improvement Foundation – in AAEA circles, but where did it come from? And what does it do exactly? Let’s start with a bit of history. The AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation (PIF) was the brainchild of Larry Harper, former editor of … Read More
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