
Prairie Farmer is excited to welcome Ava Splear to our editorial team, as our new staff writer.
Ava grew up on the family farm near Waterman, Ill., and the ink on her diploma is fresh: She graduated in December from the University of Illinois, with a degree in agricultural leadership, education and communications.
“I have a deep passion for agriculture and communication, and am excited to put these to work in this role,” Ava says. “I can’t think of a better place to continue to constantly learn, promote agriculture and meet new people.”
Ava dove right in during her first week, already visiting a farm for a Master Farmer story — a hardy experience in near-subzero weather. Still, Ava is ready to meet readers and tell stories.
“With my new role at Farm Progress, I am looking forward to being able to connect with producers across the state to tell the authentic story of agriculture,” she says. “There is so much to know about agriculture, and I am excited to learn something new each day.”
Along with her degree in ag leadership and communications, Ava has worked with the DeKalb County Farm Bureau, John Deere and the U of I College of ACES Marketing Office. She served as president of the Illini Ag Communicators of Tomorrow student organization. Those experiences, combined with growing up on a corn and soybean farm, helped develop her skills in communicating agriculture.
For 184 years now, Prairie Farmer has had a long tradition of telling farmers’ stories. And over all those years, our editorial team has been dedicated to telling the farmer’s story, to sharing information that’s both valuable and profitable, and to doing our best every day. We’re really excited to welcome Ava into that tradition.
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