Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Calmar - Calmar Courier Entry Title: Calmar Courier Coverage of Agriculture Entry Credit: Michael Hohenbrink Judge Comment: Well written, sufficiently comprehensive stories on agriculture issues; photo of combine on the rent spike story is great but needs a cutline as did several other stories. Nice graphic on the skyrocketing land prices. Nice use of art overall.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Colfax - Jasper County Tribune Entry Title: JCT Ag Entry Credit: Jamee Pierson, Christopher Braunschweig Judge Comment: Interesting, well-written stories on important issues. We found the biofuels story particularly interesting; nice use of graphics.
One quibble on the "Back to the Market" story: the lede sentence is grammatically incorrect. It's verb does not agree with the subject, which is "trove" not "goods."
