Lessiter Media Ag Division Named Finalist for 5 Awards

Mar 20, 2025

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Farm Equipment and Ag Equipment Intelligence are among four Lessiter Media publications which are regional finalists in the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ 2025 Azbee Awards of Excellence. No-Till Farmer and American Farriers Journal also were named finalists.

Farm Equipment is a finalist in the Feature Series category for the Boots on the Ground series, the Special Issue or Supplement category for the September Shortline Edition and in the Special Section category for the Dealership Minds — Vanderloop Equipment project that appeared in the October/November 2024 issue.

Ag Equipment Intelligence was named a finalist in the Data Journalism category for its 2025 Dealer Business Outlook & Trends Report, an excerpt of which appeared in the January 2025 issue of Farm Equipment. It is among good company in this category, with two other Lessiter Media publications being named finalists as well — No-Till Farmer for its 2024 Benchmark Report and American Farriers Journal for its farrier business practices survey, Farriers Cut Costs as Gross Income Drops

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