Agricultural Communicators Network

10/09/2026

ACN’s Fall Workshop is Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Farm Journal headquarters in Kansas City. It’s a day of practical skills for ag communicators:
✍️ Writing with Kevin Draper, The New York Times
📸 Managing your visual assets with Sam Craft, PhotoShelter
🎯 The Attention Formula with Alyssa Walsh, Sweet Briar Creative
🤖 An AI panel moderated by Tyne Morgan
🏢 A Farm Journal facility tour

Join us Monday night for a welcome reception hosted by AdFarm.

Attend in person or online. Student rates are available.
Register by Nov. 10: https://agcommnetwork.com/event/fall-2026-regional-meeting/

10/07/2026

Help shape the future of ACN! The board is surveying members to evaluate programs and plan for growth — and every response is confidential. Log in to the Member Center to complete the survey by Nov. 1: https://agcommnetwork.com/member-resources/member-center/

10/01/2026

Register for the fall regional workshop in Kansas City on November 17. Go to the Ag Communicators Network events to register and learn more. Here's why you should go.

Attendees will experience hands-on sessions focused on leveraging the latest tools in writing, photography, and audience engagement to thrive in today's fast-paced, distracted world. Sessions include:

· A writing session led by Kevin Draper, agriculture correspondent for The New York Times, covering agribusinesses, farmers, goods, and government policy.

· “Why You Should Give a DAM,” led by Sam Craft with PhotoShelter, will cover the fundamentals of organizing, archiving, and distributing your visual assets.

· “Industry Trends: Audience Attention,” led by Alyssa Walsh with Sweet Briar Creative, will cover understanding your audience, stronger hooks, visuals, storytelling and messaging that earns attention.

· “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of AI” is a panel discussion moderated by Tyne Morgan from U.S. Farm Report. The panel will discuss ethical use, moral questions and legal implications generative AI poses for our industry’s future. The panel features:

o Dr. Christy Goldsmith, University of Missouri

o Alyssa Walsh, Sweet Briar Creative

o Chelsea Good, Good and Associates

Register by November 10 at Ag Communicators Network.

09/29/2026

Does your schedule allow for one-hour of professional development? Join us at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at noon CST, as Mike Wilson leads an ACN webinar. You’ll discover why the first 50 words determine whether readers stay or click away, and how to apply timeless principles from Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style to agricultural writing.

Register at Ag Communicators Network under events. Thank you to Syngenta for sponsoring!

09/28/2026

It is almost here. Register to join us on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at noon CST, as Mike Wilson leads an ACN webinar. During this interactive, one-hour workshop, you’ll learn practical techniques to transform good articles into must-read content that resonates with busy farmers. Register here: https://agcommnetwork.com/events/category/webinars/
Thank you to Syngenta for sponsoring!

09/24/2026

💡 Big idea? Tiny budget? PIF may be able to help. The ACN Professional Improvement Foundation is accepting grant proposals for workshops, resources, programs or projects that make ACN stronger for its members. Look around — what's missing? What have you wished ACN could offer? Bring the idea. Proposals due Oct. 31: https://agcommnetwork.com/professional-improvement-foundation/ Read more in this issue of The Byline at https://agcommnetwork.com/big-idea-tiny-budget/

09/23/2026

🎓 "I left with new skills, meaningful relationships and a network of professionals who genuinely want to see the next generation succeed."

ACN intern Ashlyn Thompson, a student at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, shares what her Ag Media Summit experience meant to her and why ACN felt like a community from day one. Read it in the September Byline.

By Ashlyn Thompson, ACN intern The Ag Communicators Network gave me the incredible opportunity to attend the Ag Media Summit in...

09/22/2026

Help shape the future of ACN! The board is surveying members to evaluate programs and plan for growth. All responses are confidential. Log in to the Member Center to complete the survey by Nov. 1: https://agcommnetwork.com/member-resources/member-center/

Congrats to early-bird drawing winners Anna Miller Fortozo (2027 AMS registration), Raney Rapp and Marlee Jackson (regional workshop registrations)!

09/18/2026

📍 Kansas City, Nov. 17 — save the date and register today!

ACN's Fall Regional Workshop, "More Action, Less Distraction," packs a full day of practical learning: writing with The New York Times' Kevin Draper, digital asset management with Sam Craft of PhotoShelter, audience engagement trends, a tour of Farm Journal and an off-the-record AI panel moderated by Tyne Morgan of U.S. Farm Report.

Join us for the welcome reception on Nov. 16 at AdFarm, then stay for NAFB Nov. 18–20. Register by Nov. 10: