Ag Alert May 26, 2021

Operations manager retires after 41+ years at Ag Alert

its integrity and its value to themembers,” Rodriguez said. “What people like about AgAlert is they know the information they are getting is true. It is what farmers want toknowandneedtoknow, so that theycan survive in agriculture.” Farm Bureau Director of Publications andMedia Relations Dave Kranz said Ag Alert and California Bountiful have been successful thanks to Rodriguez’s behind- the-scenes contributions. “Thehardwork thewriters, editors, pho- tographersanddesignersput intocomplet- ing their stories and layoutswouldall be for nothingif thepublicationscouldn’tbeprint- edanddistributed,andMargaretmadesure thosestepshappenedsmoothlyeveryweek,” Kranz said. “Her institutional knowledge withinFarmBureauandwithintheprinting and advertisingworlds leaves a legacy that will assureourpublicationswill continue to reach readerswith timely content however they receive it, inprint oronline.” A native of Castroville, Rodriguez grew up on a cattle ranch; her brothers were cowboys and her maternal great-grand- father was a prominent Monterey County cattle rancher. The first in her family to graduate fromcollege, sheearnedabache- lor’sdegree fromCal PolySanLuisObispo. ShemovedtoSacramento inSeptember 1979, and was hired by the late Farm Bureau Information Services Manager Clark Biggs. Rodriguez described Biggs and the late advertising manager Jim Taylor as mentors: “They taught me ev- erything I needed to knowabout business and advertising.” Early in her Farm Bureau career, she said, the organization provided vans for

Sacramento-area employees to com- mute to the organization’s Berkeley of- fices; originally based in Berkeley, the

Cal i fornia Farm Bureau moved to Sacramento later in 1979. Jack King, who served as assis- tant manager to Biggs and later as Cal i fornia Farm Bureaunational af- fairs manager, said Rodriguez’s dedi- cation “had a lot to

ByChristine Souza Inmore than41yearswiththeCalifornia FarmBureau, AgAlert® operations/produc- tionmanagerMargaret Rodriguezworked for sevenFarmBureaupresidents, four ad- ministrators, alongside hundreds of em- ployeesandwiththousandsofFarmBureau members. Rodriguez retired last week to beginhernext chapter,whichincludesvol- unteering at Sacramento fine-arts venues, traveling toNewYorkCity to seeBroadway shows, andotherwiseenjoying retirement. Rodriguezsaidherproudestaccomplish- ment is that “ Ag Alert never skipped a beat andhasgoneouteveryweek”whilebecom-

ingandremaining“themostrespectedagri- cultural publication inCalifornia.” As operations/production manager, Rodriguez coordinated production and advertising for FarmBureaupublications, including AgAlert andthebimonthlymag- azine for associate members, California Bountiful® . She tracked advertising inser- tion orders and rates, ad materials and page layout; she also coordinated print- ingof AgAlert and themailing/postage for both publications. As the classified adver- tisingmanager, she interacted frequently with FarmBureaumembers. “Over the years, Ag Alert has never lost

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dowiththegrowthandsuccessof AgAlert .” “Fromdayone,Margaretwas dedicated to serving FarmBureaumembers and the farm community,” King said. “She did it withenthusiasmandher celebratedbrand of straight talk,whichendearedher tothose shedidbusinesswith.That straight talkalso kept her colleagues,myself included, from taking themselves too seriously.” Former Cal i fornia Farm Bureau Administrator George Gomes described Rodriguez as “totally committed to Californiaagricultureand toFarmBureau. She has done things to the benefit of California agriculture that many of us will never know.” “I worked wi th such great team- mates, past and present, on Ag Alert and California Bountiful magazine for the last 41½ years. It’s been an honor to work at FarmBureau,” Rodriguez said. (Chr i s t ine Souza i s an ass i s tant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at csouza@cfbf.com.)

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