Behind the Scenes

Brownfield members recognized at NAFB Convention

Several members of the Brownfield Ag News team were honored during the 75th Annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Convention held in Kansas City, Missouri November 7 – 9, 2018.

Brownfield farm broadcasters did well in the NAFB program competition.
Video Feature Award First Place: Shannon Yokley
Newscast Second Place: Ken Anderson
Newscast Third Place: Tom Steever

Several Brownfield farm broadcasters received tenure awards for membership in NAFB:
41 years – Ken Anderson
42 years – Tom Steever

Shannon Yokley was elected to the NAFB Board of Directors as Director for the Southern Region.

Brownfield Ag News creates and delivers original content across multiple media platforms. Brownfield includes the largest and one of the oldest agricultural news radio networks in the country. More than 480 affiliate radio stations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin are in a contractual partnership to carry agricultural programming created by Brownfield’s award-winning team of a dozen full-time farm broadcasters. In addition, Brownfield sellers represent Kansas Ag Network, TSN Ag Network in Texas and Day Weather Network with stations in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Nebraska, providing an even more robust station offering to serve our advertising partners.