AAEA Distinguished Service Award.

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USDA Chief Economist Dr. Keith Collins (center) is presented the American Agricultural Editors' Assoc's (AAEA) Distinguished Service Award by AAEA Pres Marcia Zarley Taylor, DTN, and Committee Chairman Larry Dreilling, High Plains Journal.

Collins has played a key role in the development of almost every piece of national agricultural legislation since the mid 1980s. He was cited for his access and a "terrific source" by AAEA members.

(Inset) Taylor passes the gavel to new AAEA Pres John Walter, Agriculture Online/Successful Farming.