How We are Righting AAEA’s Fiscal Ship

October 19, 2018News, The ByLine

By Gil Gullickson, AAEA President-Elect Jason Henderson, an associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Extension director at Purdue University, has a favorite saying that he works into his agricultural economic presentations: “History may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.” I thought of that line at last August’s American Agricultural Editors’ Association … Read More

My Ag Media Summit Experience: Tyler Harris

October 18, 2018Ag Media Summit, The ByLine, What I Learned

By Tyler Harris, Alltech Cultivating Young Journalists Award Winner and Editor, Nebraska Farmer One of the perks of being an ag journalist is the occasional opportunity to travel across the country – whether it’s to learn about agriculture in another part of the U.S., or bring home some knowledge to improve your own reporting and writing. … Read More

Brandrood— A Unique Cheese from a Unique Breed of Cow

October 18, 2018The ByLine, Travel

By Harlen Persinger, 2018 IFAJ Stipend Recipient Husband and wife, Arjan and Karina Schermer, have been operating Brandrood — their cheese farm on the picturesque rural estate “Kernhem” in Ede, the Netherlands —since October 2016. They had been toying with the idea of starting a farm for some time, preferably with goats of a rare … Read More

Legendary Editor Bob Rupp Turns 100 Years Old

October 18, 2018News, The ByLine 2 Comments

By Syl Marking and Bob Moraczewski      Bob Rupp will turn 100 Oct. 28th—very probably making him the first American ag journalist in history to reach that lofty benchmark. His ascension from Nebraska farm boy to prolific writer and later longtime-editor of The Farmer Magazine, headquartered in St. Paul, MN, and to president of … Read More

Podcast: Covering the Farm Bill with Jacqui Fatka

October 12, 2018Podcast, The ByLine

By Kelsey Litchfield, Host of the Ag Comm Network Podcast Many truth bombs were shared during this episode of the Ag Comm Network Podcast, so don’t wait any longer – press play! Jacqui Fatka, policy editor at Farm Futures and Feedstuffs, joined Holly Spangler and I on the podcast and shares what her journey has … Read More