Rodekohr, Janet I. (author) and University of Wisconsin, Agricultural Journalism Department
Format:
Thesis
Publication Date:
1977-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 27 Document Number: B02687
Notes:
#329, Harold Swanson Collection. Eugene A. Kroupa Collection., Thesis, master of science in agricultural journalism, Agricultural Journalism Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 112 pages.
March 26 issue via online. 2 pages, Describes "the deal that combined 22 brands from Farm Progress with the six in Penton's ag group." Mentions some redundancies being addressed, especially in the southern region of the nation.
Gale, Wayne (author / Chair, American Seed Trade Association)
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2019-06-18
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11041
Notes:
The June 7, 2019 commentary by Barber in the New York Times was retrieved online at: https://seedfreedom.info/opinion-save-our-food-free-the-seed. It is filed with this document., Online via seedworld.com. 3 pages., Response to an opinion piece in the New York Times by celebrity chef Dan Barber. Barber reported on visiting a 24,000-acre farm in North Dakota and observing the large scale of operations. He concluded: "We should be alarmed by the current architects." In this commentary author Gale offered a differing view of the changes in plant breeding and the seed industry over the past 100-plus years - and what they mean for the future.
USA: Office of Governmental and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: D10785
Notes:
Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Report of a special periodicals task force. 50 pages., Contains task force analyses and recommendations on each of the 26 periodicals reviewed. In each case, the task force listed the purpose, audience, some particulars about the production and distribution of the periodical, an analysis of it from the viewpoint of the task force, and recommendations.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11765
Notes:
Online from AgriMarketing Weekly. 1 page., News of an ownership transition involving two marketing communications agencies, including one(Sage) with a variety of agricultural, animal health and business-to-business clients.
