Max Armstrong knew from the time he was 7 years old that he wanted to be on the radio, and is now celebrating 48 years in his career in agricultural broadcasting. For the first couple of years in his career, the man known today as “The Voice of American Agriculture” worked with the Illinois Farm Bureau, then with Orion Samuelson on WGN Radio, and later on the TV shows “U.S. Farm Report” and “This Week in Agribusiness.” He has been a popular voice and face at antique tractor events, farm shows and conferences for almost five decades, is an author, and helped start a popular antique tractor event.
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