by mruberti | Aug 5, 2021 | AAEA News, News, Past President's Thoughts, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Greg Lamp, AAEA 2003 Past President I’ve always envied people who knew what they wanted to be when they grew up. But that wasn’t me. In fact, about all I knew is that I wanted to do something related to agriculture besides milking cows and riding a tractor. Nothing...
by mruberti | Aug 5, 2021 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, Awards, Events, News, The ByLine
It was a banner year for dozens of AAEA members during the 2021 Communication Award Contest! AAEA members show off their plaques during the 2021 Communication Awards Ceremony at the Ag Media Summit in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo Courtesy: Chuck Zimmerman, AAEA...
by mruberti | Jul 29, 2021 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, Events, News, The ByLine, Travel
We are so excited to see everyone at AMS in Kansas City in just a few days. Here’s an update on prevention measures for COVID-19. The city does have a mask mandate effective Monday, August 2, 2021 until August 28, 2021 that requires everyone in KC to wear a...
by mruberti | Jul 23, 2021 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, Events, News, Professional Development, The ByLine, Travel
By Samantha Kilgore, AAEA Executive Director AAEA will be celebrating in style with all their closest friends at the 23rd annual Ag Media Summit! Be sure to stop by booths 208-212 during the popular InfoExpo trade show and check out our specially designed sections...
by mruberti | Jul 1, 2021 | AAEA News, Past President's Thoughts, Professional Development, Student News, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Holly Martin, AAEA 2009 Past President Years ago, I distinctly remember being on vacuum duty while my mom grumbled about the stack of farm and dairy magazines on my dad’s end table. It must have been summertime and the stack was large because he hadn’t had much...
by mruberti | Jul 1, 2021 | AAEA News, Ag Media Summit, Events, News, Past President's Thoughts, Professional Development, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Holly Spangler, AAEA 2014 Past President The year was 1997. I was an Ag Relations Council intern in Washington, D.C., about to start my senior year in college. No less than a half dozen people I met that summer said, “Hey, you need to go to the AAEA meeting in...