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About AGDAILY

AGDAILY, an all-digital farming and rural lifestyle publication, is among the fastest-growing agricultural outlets in the United States. Our focus is on the livelihoods of farmers, from the products they grow and raise to the way science and faith and family intersect with their lives. We publish several new pieces of content a day and actively engage with the younger-generation farm and food audience on social media. Most all of AGDAILY’s contributors are veteran ag communicators who live and breathe farm and rural life on a daily basis, so they are best able to stay connected to the trends, issues, concerns, and changes that this industry is experiencing.

AGDAILY has won several awards since its launch in July 2016. Among the most notable ones are:

1st Place Agricultural Publication Social Media (2022 & 2021) from the Agricultural Communicators Network (formerly the American Agricultural Editors Association): For engaging content and tone across multiple social media platforms. Earned 2nd Place in this category in 2020.

1st Place Agricultural Publication Website (2020 & 2019) from the Agricultural Communicators Network: For compelling and varied content, coupled with an engaging layout.

1st Place Livestock Publication Website (2018) from the Livestock Publications Council: For strong content and design that supports the livestock industry.

Best Agriculture Website — Region IV (2017) from the National Agri-Marketing Association: For the best agricultural content directed at farmers, ranchers and growers.

AGDAILY has been rated by the independent website MediaBiasFactCheck as having High Factual Reporting and a clean fact-check record and as being among the Least Biased news sources available. The MediaBiasFactCheck website says: “Editorially, AgDaily only reports on political issues as it relates to agriculture and farming with minimal bias. … Further, when it comes to science they support the consensus on climate change and GMOs. Finally, they also combat misinformation from purveyors of pseudoscience such as the Food Babe. In general, the news is reported factually and from a pro-science and low biased perspective.”

AGDAILY, which is owned and operated by Carbon Media Group, is one of the only agricultural news sites rated by MediaBiasFactCheck. Carbon, a subsidiary of Toronto-based VerticalScope Inc., has two other flagship news and lifestyle websites: ActionHub.com and OutdoorHub.com.

Reach Out to Us

For comments and general feedback about AGDAILY and the agriculture and rural lifestyle team at Carbon Media Group, email Managing Editor Ryan Tipps at rtipps@agdaily.com or call 248.663.4402.

Who’s Behind the Content

Managing Editor 

Ryan Tipps (rtipps@agdaily.com) spent more than 15 years in the newspaper, magazine, and digital publishing industries before joining Carbon Media Group as the founding editor of AGDAILY.

His journalism career has taken him across the country and through many walks of life: Ryan was the lead copy editor on a 2007 Pulitzer Prize finalist series about America’s reliance on private military personnel; he earned his digital-media chops as National Columnist for D3football.com, the nation’s top small-college football website; and he spearheaded coverage of farming issues and ag technology for several years for The Roanoke Times newspaper, winning numerous awards from the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and the Virginia Press Association. He also received the 2019 Alltech Cultivating Young Ag Journalists Award and has been honored as a Level Five Master Writer by the Agricultural Communicators Network for his array of human interest, editorial, and enterprise writing. Ryan is also Level Two in the organization’s marketing-centric Master of Communications program, and Level One in its photography program. As someone who lives far outside the city limits, agvocating amid the trends, issues, and public perceptions of farming is an important part of who Ryan is.

An Indiana native, Ryan graduated from Wabash College and studied in Athens, Greece, before moving to Virginia and getting a master’s degree in Agriculture and Life Sciences from Virginia Tech, where he was inducted into the Gamma Sigma Delta ag honors society and the Phi Kappa Phi academic society. He spent years as a contributing writer for Farm Credit of the Virginias and volunteered with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, helping to educate farmers about conservation- and no-till strategies. 

Ryan lives with his wife, two children, and a couple of horses and other animals on a garlic farm in Central Virginia. You can read his AGDAILY articles here. Among his most notable ones are:

• Food future: What will it take to nourish a nation in 2050?
• Healing on horseback: New Freedom Farm gives veterans with PTSD a new path
• The first season farming without Dad by his side
• Agriculture and race: The complexities of rhetoric and reaction
• The new Jack Daniel’s partnership that could hurt farmers

Associate Editor

Heidi Crnkovic (hcrnkovic@agdaily.com) has deep-seated roots in the West working within the agriculture industry. Heidi believes that AGDAILY can help industry professionals and consumers to bridge communication gaps by providing timely, resources with the use of technology. 

In her first year on staff at AGDAILY, a number of Heidi’s pieces were recognized at the 2023 Ag Communicators Network program, including first place Editorial Opinion, third place Breaking News, and third place Personality Profile. She is now Level Four in the Agricultural Communicators Network’s Master Writer program. 

Heidi is also a Level Two master photographer with her livestock photography, earning third place in the “Nuts and Bolts Livestock” category. 

Heidi brings “boots in the dirt” experience as a producer and agricultural communicator after working on Montana and New Mexico ranches, as the director of communication for the Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association, and an agricultural educator in New Mexico. 

A New Mexico native, Heidi graduated from New Mexico State University with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science. After relocating back to New Mexico in 2019,  she returned to NMSU to complete her Master of Arts in Extension Education.

Heidi lives with her daughter in Otero County, New Mexico. She is an active volunteer in 4-H, junior livestock, Cowbelles, and FFA. 

You can read Heidi’s AGDAILY articles here. Among her most notable ones are:

• Mirhonda Good on FFA — What this generation needs now
• Remembering the joy in agriculture with Baxter Black, DVM
• Editorial: Hungry enough for horse? Why horse slaughter makes sense

Diversity Issues Intern 

David Salazar (dsalazar@agdaily.com) is a respected viticulturist exploring enology and viticulture globally. Hailing from central California, Salazar earned his degree in viticulture and enology from California State University, Fresno. He is currently serving as the 2024 American Farmland Agriculture Communications Intern at AGDAILY.

In addition to his comprehensive knowledge of the field, Salazar is a dedicated advocate for sustainable farming practices and fair labor conditions within the industry. He has founded a unique wine label exclusively showcasing vineyards adhering to these ethical principles. Salazar actively collaborates with influential Hispanic community leaders, using his platform to amplify the voices of those contributing to the agricultural sector.

You can read all of his AGDAILY articles here.

Contributing Writers

Our regular freelance contributors come from all corners of the nation and are connected to agriculture in a variety of ways. Among this group are some of the most well-known bloggers in agriculture, agricultural industry leaders, respected soil and plant professors, and recent agriculture school graduates. Among those regular columnists and writers are:

• Michelle Miller, better known as the Farm Babe, is an internationally recognized speaker; published writer, and online influencer as a full time advocate for agriculture. She started her social media outreach in the early 2010s as a way to better bridge the gap between farmers and consumers, making a name for herself as a dedicated “mythbuster” in food and farming. Michelle has hundreds of thousands of followers — an average social media reach of 3 million monthly — has been featured in Forbes and as a guest on Dr. Drew, has influenced corporations such as Burger King, and has proudly spoken alongside some of the biggest names in food and farming today. She comes from an Iowa-based row crop and livestock farming background and now resides on a timber farm in North Central Florida.
• Bre Holbert is a past National FFA President and studied agriculture science and education at California State-Chico. Bre is a Latinx-African American who has become an energetic and insightful voice for diversity in the agricultural industry. “Two ears to listen is better than one mouth to speak. Two ears allow us to affirm more people, rather than letting our mouth loose to damage people’s story by speaking on behalf of others.”
• Food Science Babe is the pseudonym of an agvocate, writer, and vibrant social media presence who focuses specifically on the science behind our food. She has a degree in chemical engineering and has worked in the food industry for more than decade, both in the conventional and in the natural/organic sectors.
• Amanda Zaluckyj blogs under the name The Farmer’s Daughter USA and has been with AGDAILY since its first year. As the daughter of corn and soybean farmers in Southwest Michigan, her goal is to promote farmers and tackle the misinformation swirling around the U.S. food industry. She is a practicing attorney in Indiana.
• Elizabeth Maslyn is a born-and-raised dairy farmer from Upstate New York. Her passion for agriculture has driven her to share the stories of farmers with all consumers, and promote agriculture in everything she does. The Cornell graduate works hard to increase food literacy in her community, and wants to share the stories of her local farmers.
• Markie Hageman grew up living on a dairy, orange grove, and horse ranch and majored in agribusiness at Fort Hays State University. She is actively involved in her state Cattlemen’s Association, Young Farmers chapter, and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and she is dedicated to raising awareness about agriculture across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok under the name Girls Eat Beef, Too.
• Saul Reyes was the first American Farmland Trust Agriculture Communications Intern at AGDAILY, where he focused on covering diversity issues in agriculture. Born and raised in the Central Valley of California, he graduated from California State University, Chico, majoring in plant and soil science and in multicultural and gender studies. He also minored in intersectional Chicanx/Latinx studies and public relations. Reyes won first-place honors from the Agricultural Communicators Network for his column titled The forgotten unifying superpowers of agriculture.
• Liza Nguyen was the second American Farmland Trust Agriculture Communications Intern at AGDAILY. Nguyen was born and raised in Southern California, and earned a bachelor’s in Genetics from the University of California, Davis, as well as a master’s degree in Horticulture from Penn State University.

Many other writers contribute to AGDAILY’s leading voice in the agricultural industry, including: 

• Michele Payn, author and mental wellness advocacy
• Tim Durham, Plant M.D. and an associate professor of agronomy
• Brian Boyce, Indiana writer and farmer
• Kelsey Pagel, Kansas farmer
• Jon Stika, North Dakota soil scientist

They and so many others each bring a unique viewpoint that helps make AGDAILY a destination for those interested in the most important topics affecting today’s farmers and rural communities.

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Editorial and Story Ideas

The news and editorial for AGDAILY are directed by Managing Editor Ryan Tipps and complemented on the site and through social media by several freelancers. Our goal is to bring you the most interesting and innovative stories that affect agriculture and rural living. If you have story suggestions, concerns about a story that has already run, or other questions about content, email Ryan at rtipps@agdaily.com.

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From sponsored content projects to video production, see how AGDAILY’s partner video platform Geared Content Studios can deliver on your video needs here.

Freelance Opportunities

Think you have the chops to write for us? There’s a lot that goes into making our content engaging and relevant to our readers and viewers. Email Ryan Tipps at rtipps@agdaily.com for information on working with us to speak to a national agricultural audience.

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