Farm Equipment and Ag Equipment Intelligence are among four Lessiter Media publications to win regional awards 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 won a Silver Award in the Special Section category for the Dealership Minds — Vanderloop Equipment project that appeared in the October/November 2024 issue. Technology Editor Noah Newman won a Bronze Award in the Feature Series category for the Boots on the Ground series. The September Shortline Edition won a Bronze Award in the Special Issue or Supplement Catagory.
Ag Equipment Intelligence won Bronze Award 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 — which took the Gold Award — and American Farriers Journal for its farrier business practices survey, Farriers Cut Costs as Gross Income Drops, which also received a Bronze Award.