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LIVESTOCK PUBLICATIONS COUNCIL PRESENTS ANNUAL SPECIAL AWARDS
Aug. 18, 2011
Source: Livestock Publications Council news release
The Livestock Publications Council (LPC) has announced winners of their special awards during the Agricultural Media Summit (AMS) held in New Orleans, La.
The LPC Hall of Fame award is an honor reserved for those who have adhered to high standards of professionalism in all aspects of their endeavors and have been involved in the livestock publishing industry.
This year's Hall of Fame winner, A.J. Smith, an icon in the world of livestock representatives will be honored posthumously. Before his 24 years with the Oklahoma Cowman, he managed the family farm north of Lone Wolf, Okla.; was field representative and editor for Better Beef Business, and a field representative for both Gulf Coast Cattleman and Weekly Livestock Reporter. He also served as an agricultural and 4-H educator for the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. Then the Hobart-area, Okla., native began his storied career as editor of the Cowman in 1985, and built the magazine into a nationally recognized publication. During his tenure, he wrote 295 editorials and countless feature stories, took thousands of photographs, planned numerous ranch tours and traveled the country providing ring service.
The LPC Headliner Award honors a person from outside the livestock publishing field for actions that produce a positive change in livestock production and marketing. The Headliner Award was presented to agriculture economist, Glenn Grimes, professor emeritus at the University of Missouri. Grimes is recognized for pioneering pork industry economic outlooks, the pork demand index and practical application of gilt data. In 1983, he began a 20- year consulting relationship with the U.S. pork industry. Grimes, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture economics from the University of Missouri, worked for the school for more than 58 years. He has been honored by many state and national organizations for his impact on the industry, providing expertise to dozens of pork-industry and agricultural partners.
On October 28, LPC will hosts its eighth annual LPC Royal Gala in Kansas City during the American Royal where portraits of both Smith and Grimes will be unveiled and hung permanently in the Hall of Honor which is located in the headquarters of the American Royal.
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