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.

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What time of year should you sell your stored corn? In this market, what are the right moves? Listen in as Farm Journal Economist Bob Utterback predicts the demand for spring 2010 corn and when he thinks currently stored corn should be sold.
The National Farm Machinery Show included the championship tractor pull, the newest farm machinery, and the latest in high tech tools for agriculture.
Listen in as Jerry Gulke, Strategic Marketing Services president, comments on Top Producer’'s recent acreage survey.
See day two at the 2009 National Farm Machinery Show.
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Beginning next week, set your dial to RFD-TV to catch AgDay and U.S. Farm Report. This new television partnership will join the nation’s longest-running agricultural television programs with the nation’s first television network dedicated to agriculture and rural America.
How do you measure sustainability? Farmers will soon be able to analyze their natural resource use and key crop production inputs through at online tool introduced today at the Commodity Classic by Field to Market, The Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture.
What factors are affecting your farm’s bottom line in the current economy? Look beyond the farm gate, says Ron Plain, University of Missouri agricultural economics professor.
Learn what’s new at FMC Agricultural Products, as Brent Neuberger, technical support specialist for FMC, describes his company’s new products.
Syngenta Seed Care is now offering a triple-action corn seed treatment nematicide, which offers protection against nematodes, early-season insects and disease.