Max Armstrong

Armstrong's first job out of college was for the Illinois Farm Bureau as a broadcast editor, which was where he met Orion Samuelson. For 42 years, Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson have partnered together, first on WGN radio, and later on the TV Show U.S. Farm Report, until creating the show This Week in Agribusiness.

Since July 2009, Armstrong has been director of broadcasting for Farm Progress. He produces and hosts the Farm Progress America and Max Armstrong’s Midwest Digest daily radio programs. Armstrong also hosts a three-minute feature, "Farming America", on the Tribune Radio Network.

From 1977 to 2009, Armstrong was the agri-business broadcaster for WGN Radio{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-armstrong-1067876|title=LinkedIn}} before the program transitioned to a weekly Saturday morning show and accompanying podcast entitled The Morning Show with Orion and Max.{{Cite web|url=https://wgnradio.com/category/the-morning-show-with-orion-and-max/|title=The Morning Show with Orion and Max {{!}} WGN Radio - 720 AM|website=wgnradio.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}}

Since August 2005, Armstrong has been co-host and co-founder of This Week in AgriBusiness, owned and produced with Samuelson.{{Cite web|url=http://agbizweek.com/n-html/bios.html|title=This Week in Agribusiness|website=agbizweek.com|access-date=2018-07-04}} The show is a weekly agriculture television show, produced by OMAX Communications, LLC in cooperation with 22 Creative Group and Farm Progress. In addition to its syndication run, the show is broadcast on RFD-TV.{{Cite news|url=http://www.rfdtv.com/story/22875287/this-week-in-agribusiness|title=This Week in Agribusiness|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en}}

In 2001, Armstrong was named Farm Broadcaster of the Year by the NAFB. In 2017, Max Armstrong was elected President of the NAFB. Armstrong was a member of NAFB for 40 years before being elected president.{{cite web|url=https://nafb.com/blogs/national-president-election-profile-max-armstrong|title=National President Election Profile: Max Armstrong|date=26 October 2016 }}

In 2016, Armstrong earned a plaque on the WGN Radio Walk of Fame in Chicago. Armstrong was full-time with WGN Radio for 32 years until 2009. The bronze plaque is in the sidewalk outside the Tribune Tower studios at 435 N. Michigan Ave.{{cite web|url=https://nafb.com/blogs/armstrong-earns-plaque-wgn-radio-walk-fame|title=Armstrong Earns Plaque On The WGN Radio Walk Of Fame|date=30 June 2016 }} The induction ceremony took place on May 27, 2016, where Armstrong was honored along with 6 others.{{cite web|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2016/04/08/seven-honorees-named-to-wgn-walk-of-fame/|title=Seven honorees named to WGN Radio Walk of Fame}}

On This Week in Agribusiness, Armstrong has a segment "Max's Tractor Shed", which features vintage tractors sent in by viewers. These stories were also translated into Max Armstrong's Tractor App, launched in 2013.{{Cite news|url=http://agwired.com/2013/09/05/max-armstrongs-tractor-app-now-available/|title=Max Armstrong's Tractor App Now Available|date=2013-09-05|work=AgWired|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-US}}

In 2015, Armstrong published his first book, titled "Stories from the Heartland."{{Cite web|url=http://www.maxarmstrongbook.com/|title=Home|website=Max Armstrong|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}}

For 22 years, Armstrong contributed his time as an appointed Fire Commissioner in the Western Suburbs of Chicago. Serving on a three-member board, he hires and promotes full-time firefighters and paramedics for one of the highest-rated (ISO 1) fire service organizations in the United States, the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District.{{Cite web|url=https://nafb.com/blogs/national-president-election-profile-max-armstrong|title=National President Election Profile: Max Armstrong|date=26 October 2016 }}

• At Purdue University, Armstrong received honors as an "Old Master" in 2005 and was recognized as a "Noted Alumnus" in the 2009 Facts at Your Fingertips. Armstrong also was awarded an Alum Certificate of Distinction from the College of Agriculture and a Sagamore of the Wabash, given by the governor of Indiana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cla.purdue.edu/alumni/scla300/Spring%202011/Armstrong.html|title=Max Armstrong // Purdue College of Liberal Arts|last=Arts|first=College of Liberal|website=Purdue College of Liberal Arts|language=en|access-date=2018-05-02}}
• Max Armstrong was named an Honorary Master Farmer in 2018 by Prairie Farmer Magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://nafb.com/blogs/max-armstrong-named-honorary-master-farmer|title=Max Armstrong Named Honorary Master Farmer|date=5 April 2018 }}
• Max Armstrong's Tractor App received a Best of NAMA award, along with awards from the American Agricultural Editors' Association and American Web Design.

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• [https://wgnradio.com/category/the-morning-show-with-orion-and-max/ WGN Radio: Morning Show with Orion & Max ]
• [http://chicagoradiospotlight.blogspot.com/2010/03/max-armstrong.html Chicago Radio Spotlight interview with Max Armstrong]
• [http://www.agbizweek.com This Week in AgriBusiness]
• [http://farmprogressamerica.com Farm Progress America]
• [http://www.farmindustrynews.com/max-armstrongs-daily-updates Max Armstrong's Daily Updates]
• [https://www.facebook.com/agbizweek/ This Week in AgriBusiness, Facebook]
• [http://www.maxarmstrongbook.com "Stories from the Heartland"]
• [http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130819/business/708129616 Max Armstrong's Tractor App in the Daily Herald]
• [https://www.facebook.com/maxarmstrong.farmalltractors/ Max Armstrong's Tractor Stuff, Facebook]

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