{"id":17345,"date":"2025-12-11T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=17345"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:22:54","slug":"acdc-news-25-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-25-12\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News &#8211; Issue 25-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Download a <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/12\/DocNews25-12.pdf\">printer-friendly PDF<\/a> of this issue.<\/b><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Emerging and evolving trends in agricultural data<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We are adding to the ACDC collection a 42-page white paper about ethical, legal, and stewardship challenges \u201cthat must be addressed to ensure responsible use and equitable benefits for all stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was produced by AgGateway, a global, non-profit consortium of businesses that helps member companies and associate stakeholders address connectivity, seamless data flow, and data exchange issues. You can read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/agnewswire.com\/2025\/08\/14\/aggateway-releases-revised-data-ethics-and-stewardship-white-paper\/\">AgGateway releases revised data ethics and stewardship white paper<\/a>\u201d by open access.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Contested ethics about UK maritime space<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Findings of newspaper coverage in the United Kingdom revealed \u201ca confusion of contested ethical claims\u201d about maritime space. This research was published in <em>Maritime Studies<\/em> (2024) and involved the period 2012-2020. Findings of the analysis revealed no sustained coverage, little that communicated with a national audience, little investigative reporting, and no predominance of London-based newspapers in news production.<\/p>\n<p>You can read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s40152-024-00375-z\">A discursive field of contested ethics: Reporting the UK\u2019s blue economy in the making<\/a>\u201d by open access.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Five-year analysis of cover crop adoption in the U.S.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A 2025 summary highlights trends in the adoption of cover crops, as identified by Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer (AEB) surveys for the last five years. Among the findings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From 2021 to 2025 the percentage of AEB respondents who reported that they currently use cover crops ranged from 52% to 57%. They averaged 53% in September 2025.<\/li>\n<li>26% of September 2025 respondents reported having never planted cover crops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agrimarketing.com\/s\/155360\">Cover crop adoption: results from five years of ag economy barometer surveys<\/a>\u201d by open access.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Remembering an Australian rural journalist<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Looking back at 2025, we are mindful of a special professional friend who died during September. Neil Inall was an Australian journalist, television presenter and agronomist. In 1962 he joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a rural broadcaster at a station based in Orange, New South Wales. He became known for producing and presenting popular national rural affairs programs on radio and television. He was named Man of the Year in Australian Agriculture (1980) and in 2009 was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service to the farming and rural sector.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about his career activities in an article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beefcentral.com\/news\/people-on-the-move-appointments-retirements-achievements-80\/\">Vale Neil Inall<\/a>,\u201d in <em>Beef Central<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>New ACDC exhibit features the history of farm radio<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17347 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/12\/IMG_5629-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"The flat exhibit case with papers and cassette tapes.\" width=\"201\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/12\/IMG_5629-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/12\/IMG_5629-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/12\/IMG_5629-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/12\/IMG_5629-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/12\/IMG_5629-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>With special pleasure, we announce a new ACDC exhibit in the ACES Funk Library. Associate Abby McBride created, designed, and installed it. The exhibit provides a brief overview of farm radio history. Primarily using materials from the ACDC collection, it features information found in newspapers, books, and physical audio-visual media, including CDs, cassettes, and film. The collection contains 242 documents related to the history of farm radio, tracing back more than a century.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Communicator event approaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Here is an agricultural communicator event you may find helpful, including contact information you can use for details. We welcome suggestions or revisions for this calendar.<\/p>\n<p>May 31-June 2, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Cooperative Communicators Association (CCA) Institute in Chattanooga, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/communicators.coop\/professional-development\/cca-institute\">https:\/\/communicators.coop\/professional-development\/cca-institute<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>A bedtime prayer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We close this year-end issue of <em>ACDC News<\/em> with a bedtime prayer by Frank Skinner:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought tonight I\u2019d just listen for a change. No pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ACDC is a deep and open resource for you, so please feel free to invite our help as you search for information, local to global. You are welcomed to follow us on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACDCUIUC\">@ACDCUIUC<\/a>. And please suggest (or send) agricultural communications documents we might add to this unique and valued international collection. We welcome them in hard copy (sent to Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, 510 ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801) \u2013 or in electronic format sent to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:acdc@library.illinois.edu\">acdc@library.illinois.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download a printer-friendly PDF of this issue. 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