by Mary Kendall Dixon | Feb 1, 2018 | Events, The ByLine
By Becky Mills, AAEA Freelancer If you think social media isn’t effective, meet Okra. Not the vegetable, the sow. More specifically, a three-way heritage breed cross who farrowed on Hornsby Farms in late October. Okra, and her maternity status, garnered over...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Feb 1, 2018 | Events, News, The ByLine
By Kurt Lawton, AAEA International Committee Chair Calling all AgTech writers, prep your 2017 stories and enter them in the IFAJ/Caterpillar AgTech Reporting Award contest that will recognize world-class reporting in the growing agtech industry. Advances in the...
by Samantha.Kilgore | Jan 19, 2018 | Events, The ByLine
National Ag Day Activities Planned for March 20 By Kelly Schwalbe, AAEA PIF Chair National Ag Day, America’s annual salute to the hard work of its farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses and sponsored by the Agriculture Council of America (ACA), is set for Tuesday, March...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Jan 12, 2018 | Events, News, The ByLine
Your AAEA and PIF Trustee Board will hold their first meeting of 2018 this April at the NAMA conference to address and deliberate official association business. The PIF Trustee Board meeting will be held Tuesday, April 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The AAEA Board...
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Jan 12, 2018 | Ag Media Summit, Events, News, The ByLine
The 2018 Ag Media Summit will be held August 4-8 in Scottsdale, Arizona at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. This meeting, Everything Under the Sun, will feature invaluable educational sessions and experiences for any and everyone in the ag communications field....
by Mary Kendall Dixon | Dec 1, 2017 | Events, PR/Marketing, Professional Development, The ByLine, Webinar
Take an inside look at handling a high-risk media inquiry from the Chicago Tribune. Last summer, the Chicago Tribune published a series of negative articles that focused on the Illinois hog production industry. The Maschhoffs was one of several companies approached to...