Ag Communications

Purpose

The Nebraska State Agricultural Communications Career Development Event, is a simplified version of the national event. It includes these four elements:

Team Media Plan
Media Plan Presentation
Editing Exercise
Communications Quiz

The purpose of the Agricultural Communications Career Development Event is to provide individuals with basic communications skills necessary to take advantage of career opportunities in agricultural communications. Public communications about agricultural products, practices and policies are essential to the future of agriculture. Students who are equipped with strong communication skills and who can use a variety of media to help the public understand issues related to the agricultural industry have a bright future in the job market.

This event draws from Ag Communication curricula that contain the following elements:

Strategic Communications/Integrated Multimedia Communications
Science literacy
Public Issues and Policy
Presentation strategies
News writing/editing APA style.

AFNR courses this CDE aligns with:

Ag Sales & Marketing
Ag Businesses
Ag Communications
Entrepreneurship
Economics & Agribusiness Management
Leadership & Ethics in Agriculture

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO FORMAT STARTING 2023:

Pre-qualifying event open to ALL schools in Nebraska will be held via Zoom during the first two weeks of February. Top 10 teams from the pre-qualifying event will be invited to the state finals and to submit a full Media Plan. For full details of the change in format, see “Section 8. Event Format” in the downloadable handbook.

Media Plan Submission

Media plans should be submitted by the Top 10 Finalist Teams (announced in mid-February). Media plans should be submitted no later than March 15. Click here to submit a media plan.

Click to view Ag Communications CDE study materials.

Click here to view the Ag Communications CDE schedule.