By Kurt Lawton, International Committee Chair
Congratulations are in order for the following AAEA members who applied for and earned a $1,000 stipend to attend the 2018 IFAJ Dutch Roots Congress:
- Carey Brown, Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association
- Jennifer Carrico, High Plains Journal
- Sarah Hill, Clover Hill Communications (freelancer)
- Gregg Hillyer, The Progressive Farmer/DTN
- Jamie Johansen, Honey Creek Media / ZimmComm New Media
- Katie Knapp, The Ag Photographer (freelancer)
- Greg Lamp, freelancer
- Kurt Lawton, Corn+Soybean Digest (committee chair)
- Christine McClintic, John Deere PowerSource
- Mark Moore, Moore Communications (freelancer)
- Harlen Persinger, Hlensphotos (freelancer)
- Kenna Rathai, broadhead
- Elaine Shein, DTN/The Progressive Farmer
- Mike Wilson, Farm Futures
- AAEA Young Leader (to be named)
A big thanks to the AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation (PIF) that provided funding to help members represent the U.S. Guild at the July 11-14 Congress in Wageningen, Netherlands.
For more details about attending the 2018 Congress, check the IFAJ website: http://ifaj.org/events/annual-congress/. Registration should begin in January.
We hope to have a large contingent of AAEA members in the Netherlands to help promote attendance at our 2019 IFAJ Congress in Minnesota.