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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Farm Report: Baby Calf Survives the Elements
Larry Moffett woke early this morning with a feeling that he needed to get up and moving. The cattleman raises prize winning Polled Herefords near Decatur, Ill.
November 17, 2020 01:13 AM
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Gulke Advises to Watch the Market Close
Jerry Gulke, owner of Strategic Marketing Services and Top Producer columnist, says farmers need to watch how the markets close today, following USDA’s Supply and Demand Report.
November 17, 2020 01:13 AM
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Online Library of Wildlife Damage Management Information
Can you not figure out how to keep that elusive deer out of your crop field? Or, would you really like to make that naughty opossum leave your barn? The answers to your questions and more are waiting at the Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management.
November 17, 2020 01:13 AM
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Will Volcano Eruption Affect U.S. Weather?
That’s a question we received from one forward thinking farmer following Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt eruption.
November 17, 2020 01:12 AM
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Current Challenges and Opportunities in Rice Production
Rice planting is almost completed near St. Martinville, La. As the new growing season begins, Jeff Durand, of the Louisiana Rice Growers Association, discusses the concerns and challenges for rice producers.
November 17, 2020 01:12 AM
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Employee Integration Techniques
Webinar discusses Hispanic employee challenges
November 17, 2020 01:12 AM
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Self-Built Spinach Harvester
Growing a specialty crop can require special machinery. Steve Conrad farms in Webbers Falls, Okla., and when it comes to harvesting his spinach crop the best machine for the job was sourced from their farm shop.
November 17, 2020 01:12 AM
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Ag economist: Pork industry taking hit from H1N1 Flu Virus
It could take weeks - or longer - before U.S. pork producers recover from export restrictions tied to a worldwide influenza outbreak, said a Purdue University agricultural economist.
November 17, 2020 01:12 AM
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Volunteer Corn Control
Will volunteer corn in your corn-on-corn or soybean fields cause you problems this year? Listen in as Mike Moechnig, extension weed specialist at South Dakota State University, provides agronomic advice on the topic.
November 17, 2020 01:12 AM
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Early Soybean Planting Pays
May day. May day. This study shows every day of delay in May trims back potential soybean yields.
November 17, 2020 01:12 AM
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