Sara Schafer

Sara (Muri) Schafer, editor of Top Producer magazine, grew up on a family farm where they raised hogs and cattle, along with soybeans, corn, wheat, milo and hay. Since joining Farm Journal Media in 2008, she has covered a broad range of topics pivotal to the success of U.S. farmers. In addition to being an award-winning journalist, she has played several key roles with the transformative relaunch of AgWeb.com and spearheaded the Farm Journal Legacy Project expansion. Sara graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in agricultural journalism and a minor in agricultural economics. She resides in Columbia, Mo., with her husband and daughter.

Latest Stories

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Make Good Soybean Management Decisions

In the scramble to plant corn this spring, soybean planting might have been bumped down on the to-do list. Palle Pedersen, assistant professor of agronomy at Iowa State University, offers the following suggestions to combating the many soybean-production problems currently facing farmers.

November 17, 2020 01:21 AM

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Corn Crop Update

How are your corn fields progressing? What about your neighbor’s? With the extremely volatile corn market, crop conditions across the country are just as important as the status of your own fields. Read and see how the corn crop is looking in Missouri, Texas, Nebraska and Tennessee.

November 17, 2020 01:21 AM

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Top of the Class: Rotating Cab Available with new Claas Tractor

There’s a new spin on tractors—the rotating cab isn’t just for fun, it’s functional.

November 17, 2020 01:20 AM

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Eat Your Weeds: Common Purslane Could be at Home on Your Dinner Table

Common purslane is as common as grass in the weed bank, but have you considered giving it some room on your dinner table.

November 17, 2020 01:20 AM

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Gully Washer: Reduce Eroded Areas in Your Fields

By gosh and by golly, you can reduce eroded areas in your fields.

November 17, 2020 01:20 AM

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The Hidden Costs of Losing an Employee

When an employee walks out the door you might as well throw $1,900 out the window. According to Sarah Sanders Smith, a professor of organizational leadership and supervision at Purdue University North Central, the total cost of replacing a $10-per-hour employee really adds up.

November 17, 2020 01:20 AM

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Tips to Better Concrete

Concrete involves more than 2x4s and a scoop shovel

November 17, 2020 01:20 AM

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Route 2: CSI: Corn Field

Yield maps uncover problem areas, which let you devise management zones

November 17, 2020 01:19 AM

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Route 1: Yield Monitor Secrets

These tips will turn your yield maps from abstract art into high-yield road maps

November 17, 2020 01:19 AM

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Farm Journal Corn College

More than 400 farmers, from 23 states and Canada, graduated from Farm Journal’'s first-ever Corn College last week.

November 17, 2020 01:19 AM

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