by AgCommNetwork | May 9, 2024 | AAEA News, Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor Some of Adrienne Held’s favorite memories as a little girl are of the weekends and summers she spent at her grandparent’s place, helping them tend to their strawberry patch. Those wide open spaces and the purposeful labor of growing,...
by AgCommNetwork | Apr 12, 2024 | AAEA News, Member Resources, News, The ByLine, What I Learned
By Bre Holbert, AgDaily In 2018, on one of many travels as a National FFA Officer, I found myself immersed in a city that most of my colleagues have affectionately called “the Big A.” Those of you who are with it know what I mean. I’m talking about Atlanta, Georgia....
by AgCommNetwork | Apr 12, 2024 | AAEA News, Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor If all had gone according to plan, Kevin Schulz would be farming. That’s what the Amboy, Minnesota native had planned to do after high school. But it was also the 1980s, and the farm economy was too harsh for another generation to join...
by AgCommNetwork | Apr 11, 2024 | AAEA News, Awards, News, The ByLine
Legacy Winner’s Flame Shines Eternally By Pam Caraway, ACN Board Member Those who spoke of Len Richardson in the wake of his passing last month often noted his gentle ways and soft-spoken speech. Perhaps because few remember that his presidency with this organization...
by AgCommNetwork | Mar 8, 2024 | AAEA News, Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Bill Spiegel, Byline Editor From a budding rockstar in suburban Houston, Texas, to beef cattle communications and stock shows in Springfield, Illinois, Devin Bollman’s career aspirations have taken a unique journey. She was all-in as lead guitarist for a cover rock...
by AgCommNetwork | Mar 8, 2024 | AAEA News, Awards, Member Resources, News, The ByLine
By Katie Knapp, International Committee Chair and ACN Board Member IFAJ has changed how their awards program is structured. Previously, print and broadcast entries were limited to pieces which first won in their respective country’s awards program, and anyone could...
