Join us in welcoming Manion to the team!
The Kentucky Corn Growers Association (KYCGA) and Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association (KYSGGA) are proud to announce Camryn Manion as the new Communications Director for the organizations.
Kate McIndoo Pride, the previous Communications Director, is passing the comms torch to Camryn and joining her family’s farming operation full-time. Kate will be farming with her father on Windimere Farms, the third generation of her family to do so. “I traded occasional buddy seat rides for long days, a completely different career, and a much deeper respect for the work that’s been done before me,” Pride wrote.
Thank you, Kate, for your tenure at KYCGA and KYSGGA and for continuing the legacy of agriculture in the Bluegrass State!
Manion will now lead the strategic communications and public relations efforts for the organizations. “It’s a pleasure to be joining such a great team, working for the industry I know and love, and I look forward to supporting Kentucky agriculture in new and exciting ways with this role!” she said.
She comes to the organizations with a background and education in agriculture, and previous experience in corporate communications and advertising.
A fifth-generation agriculturalist and a graduate of Murray State University’s Hutson School of Agriculture, Manion has been embedded in Kentucky agriculture since childhood. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, focusing her undergraduate research on language barriers in agriculture. Her parents and brother currently operate their family farm in western Kentucky growing corn, wheat, and soybeans, along with raising cattle and nurturing a small peach orchard.
She brings relevant experience to the role from her time in the communications department at Kentucky Farm Bureau and her work at an advertising agency in Nashville. She most recently served as an account manager at a landscape design firm.
“I’m excited to be back in my home state and back in agriculture. Farmers work incredibly hard and certainly face a lot of challenges, so I take my role very seriously in doing my small part to aid the industry,” Manion said.
Please join us in giving Camryn a warm welcome!
To learn more about our initiatives to support the Kentucky farmer, please visit out websites here (KY Corn) and here (KY Small Grains).