Farm Progress Cos., the country’s agriculture information leader, is seeking candidates for a newly created full-time position to work out of its Urbandale (Des Moines), Ia. or St. Charles, Ill. office. 

 General responsibilities include formatting, editing, preparing and uploading local copy from state/regional magazine editors.   This person will also be responsible for developing projects/programs to optimize web browser search engine traffic to Farm Progress online content.  

Selected individual must be able to meet daily deadline schedules, communicate effectively, and embrace collaborating with off-site field editors and other staff to create an outstanding online experience for the agricultural community. 

The ideal candidate will have up to three years of related responsibilities, including a demonstrated ability to understand social media, HTML/web experience, web video editing/management, and experience with Microsoft Office products.  A background in search engine marketing is preferred.

Interested external persons can send resume to recruiter@farmprogress.com or contact Scott Brummel, Human Resources Director at 630-462-2255.

A Global Friendship

US Dept. of Commerce Fall Internship

ADAM SOLOMON INTERN PROGRAM

The Council on Foundations (several Positions)

The future demands that our agricultural workforce be talented men and women with strong credentials in education, leadership and work experience.  AFA is committed to being a value-added partner in the talent development process of your students. Helping individuals who are passionate about agriculture (or just finding their interest in agriculture), to nurture their talent and build the career skills necessary to complete in a global market place is AFA’s mission.

As AFA prepares to host over 500 students from around the country, we invite your university to take advantage of the opportunity and have students from your university participate. The AFA Leader Development model is intended to compliment a student’s formal academic experience. The conference agenda helps attendees build skills in the areas of personal assessment, career preparation, communication, managing change, and preparing to live and work in a global marketplace. Additionally, students will have the ability to interact with industry leaders on a 3-to-1 ratio, while building a lifelong network with other young people preparing for careers in agriculture.

AFA’s vision is to be a catalyst in the preparation of a new generation of leaders. We ask for your partnership in this endeavor.

In 2010, all AFA student participants, regardless of their funding into the program, will be eligible for pairing with an AFA industry partner. The pairing program allows for organizations to make direct connections with students interested in learning more about their respective organizations.

To learn more about AFA and its mission, please feel free to contact us at (816) 472-4232. We would encourage you to also visit www.agfuture.org to view our annual report and past conference programs. Updates will be made regularly on the 2010 agenda and schedule. Thank you for your time, and we look forward to seeing your students in November at AFA Leaders Conference.

The AAEA/ACT Scholarship Program is a joint effort of AAEA and the Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) and is funded through AAEA and its Professional Improvement Foundation.

Established by NACT in 1993 and adopted by AAEA in 2004, these scholarship awards (three will be given for $1,000 each) recognizes outstanding members of the Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) for their achievements in leadership, career-related experiences, academics and service. Although funded by AAEA and its Professional Improvement Foundation, the scholarships are available to any ACT member, regardless of specific communications career path.
Recipients are judged on the following criteria:
- ACT involvement, leadership activities and other campus organizational involvement
- Academic achievements
- Internships and career-related experiences
- Reference recommendations

As noted earlier, three $1,000 scholarship are available. Please submit applications materials to Mindy Williamson at mwilliamson@iowacorn.org and be sure to check out the AAEA Website for further details!

The National ACT Organization recognized the best in writing, publications, electronic media, photography, design & layout and public relations submitted among 319 entries to its annual communications contest.

The three-day program included a wide range of professional development sessions where students were able to meet with industry leaders and gain professional communications skills including leadership, writing, social media, marketing and photography.

Congratulations to all winners!

The NACT would like to thank the the Critique Contest Sponsors for their contributions.

Click here for the Complete List of Winners and a Power Point Presentation of category placings including Sponsor recognition.

Anyone interested can send a private message through Facebook to Julie Reese, AGCO Corporate Marketing, at http://www.facebook.com/AGCOcorp

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW), a non-profit organization working to promote exports on behalf of wheat producers, has an opening for a Communications Specialist in its Arlington, VA, Headquarters.

For more information regarding this position, see link below.

USW Communications Specialist Job Description

Jessica England from the University of Missouri was elected president, Lauren Greaves from Texas A&M University was elected first vice president, Kelsey Fletcher from Texas Tech University was elected second vice president, Krista Anderson from Oklahoma State University was elected secretary/treasurer, and Keiko Osumi from Cal Poly was elected editor.

“It is an honor to serve the NACT Organization and give back to the agriculture industry which I have such a passion for,” Osumi said. “This officer team truly has the capacity to educate the public and invigorate future industry leaders, and I look forward to the year ahead.”

University of Arkansas Associate Professor Jeff Miller serves as adviser for the organization.

 ”I am amazed each year by the quality of students on this national officer team,” Miller said. “This year is no exception. We have five outstanding future ag communications professionals.”

Throughout the next year, the officer team will be responsible for handling various organization activities and communication concluding with next year’s national convention next July in New Orleans, La.

Congratulations!

L to R: Keiko Osumi, Kelsey Fletcher, Jessica England, Krista Anderson, Lauren Greaves, and Dr. Jeff Miller

The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is seeking a full-time Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities Program Manager to provide management and leadership to NCAT’s Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Communities Program.

For details concerning the posistion click the link below.

SARCProgramManager