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Hakel Award winner stresses telling the farmer’s story
Al Gustin accepts the NFU Milt Hakel Award in Springfield, Mass., March 4, 2013.
Farm broadcaster Al Gustin was presented the National Farmers Union Milt Hakel Award on Monday. Accepting the award given annually to someone for excellence in agricultural communications, Gustin, recently retired from his career in North Dakota, urged communications professionals to keep others informed about what family farmers do. Also during his acceptance speech, Gustin cited by name others who have won the award in the past, including Brownfield’s Julie Harker, who accepted the honor a few years ago when the convention was in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Presenting the award, NFU President Roger Johnson called Gustin “among the best in the farm broadcasting business.”
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