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
This new corn can give you some sugar, produce grain and be used for biomass—all while using less nitrogen.
Farmers are no strangers to cycles—production and prices of everything you produce swing from too much to too little and back, almost yearly.
Drive down employee turnover rates
Everywhere we turn, we hear of impending inflation and rising interest rates.
A rising number of farmers continue to adopt genetically engineered crops, according to a new study from USDA. Since their introduction in 1996, farmers have rapidly accepted genetically engineered crops.
Last September, a Top Producer survey found that readers’ attitudes toward the general farm economy had slipped from 54% positive last spring to 39% in September.
What’s crawling around your corn fields right now? If you haven’t ventured out between the cornstalks lately, several pests could be feeding on your precious corn.
Nearly 60 different nematodes can attack corn in North America, says Kurt Jones, technical manager for Syngenta Seed Care.
Multiple pests can feed on your corn plants. While you might not be able to combat them all, Syngenta Seeds is working on a new seed trait that could battle the majority of pests.
How sweet it is...this new manure management technology pays off by reducing odor and emissions. It’s good for hogs too.