Russell Nemetz

Telling agriculture’s story is what Russell Nemetz does best. As an award-winning NAFB farm broadcaster, he takes great pride in being one of agriculture’s biggest advocates.

Raised along the Milk River near Chinook, Montana, production agriculture has always been part of his life. In fact, his family continues to run a cow/calf operation there.

Russell earned his bachelor’s degree in Communication’s from Montana State University-Billings.

For nearly 25 years, he was part of the Northern Ag Network’s farm broadcast team in Billings, MT; the majority of those years as it’s Ag Director.

In 2019, he had the opportunity to assume operation of the Evan Slack Network; another well-known Ag Radio Network in the Rocky Mountain West and Northern Plains.

Today, he provides daily Ag radio programs on the Evan Slack Network in Billings, MT and Denver, CO; and the Ag Information Network of the West in Walla Walla, WA.

These programs are heard in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington State and Wyoming.

His television broadcasts are seen statewide on the Montana Television Network as one of the members of the Montana Ag Network. He also makes regular appearances on national television broadcasts like Cattlemen to Cattlemen and This Week in Agribusiness on RFD-TV.

He’s had the opportunity to report on Agriculture from across the region, the United States and has been on trade missions to Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Taiwan.

Russell resides with his family in Billings, Montana.