| Type | Magazine publishing company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1819 |
| Headquarters | St. Charles, Illinois, United States |
| Industry | Farming, ranching |
| Parent | Fairfax Media |
| Website | www.farmprogress.com |
Farm Progress is the publisher of 22 agricultural and ranching magazines. The company dates back nearly 200 years. Farm Progress Companies is owned by Fairfax Media, an Australian media company based in New South Wales.
Farm Progress has the oldest known continuously published magazine with Prairie Farmer, which was launched in 1841. The company publishes 18 regional magazines with local coverage of each agricultural community. Annually, Farm Progress produces four farm shows including the Farm Progress Show, which launched in 1953. [1]
History[]
The company currently known as "Farm Progress" started in 1819 with the American Farmer magazine. Prairie Farmer started in 1841, followed by Wallaces' Farmer in 1855, which helped chronicle the vast changes in Iowa agriculture as well as providing information to help farmers trim costs and boost profits.[2] Three generations of the Wallace family; Henry Cantwell Wallace, Henry A. Wallace, and Henry Browne Wallace, owned and operated Wallaces' Farmer, which was then a newspaper.[3]
The Farm Progress affiliate, Prairie Farmer, purchased a talk radio station WLS-AM from Sears in 1928, as a service to farmers.[4] The station moved to the Prairie Farmer Building on West Washington Street in Chicago, Illinois where it remained for 32 years.[5]
In 1959, ABC Broadcasting/Paramount Theaters bought the Farm Progress Group. In 1986, ABC merged with Capital Cities and in 1996, the Disney Company purchased Capital Cities/ABC. In 1997, the Disney Company sold the Farm Progress Companies to Rural Press.[6] Rural Press merged with Fairfax in 2007.
Current Publications[]
| Publication | Coverage |
|---|---|
| American Agriculturist | Northeastern United States |
| California Farmer | California, Arizona |
| Carolina-Virginia Farmer | North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia |
| Dakota Farmer | North Dakota, South Dakota |
| Farm Futures | United States (National coverage) |
| Indiana Prairie Farmer | Indiana |
| Kansas Farmer | Kansas |
| Michigan Farmer | Michigan |
| Mid-South Farmer | Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi |
| Missouri Ruralist | Missouri |
| Nebraska Farmer | Nebraska |
| Ohio Farmer | Ohio |
| Prairie Farmer | Illinois |
| Southern Farmer | Southeastern United States |
| The Farmer | Minnesota |
| The Farmer-Stockman | New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas |
| Wallaces Farmer | Iowa |
| Western Farmer-Stockman | Northwestern United States |
| Wisconsin Agriculturist | Wisconsin |
Farm Progress Show[]
- Main article: Farm Progress Show
References[]
- ↑ http://www.farmprogress.com/ME2/dirsect.asp?sid=50A4695952D64EFB886435FE1F323AFA&nm=Farm+Shows Show Locations
- ↑ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Wallaces+farmer+celebrates+150+years+serving+Iowa+readers-a0134908654
- ↑ http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000035
- ↑ "The Prairie Farmer Days". The History of WLS Radio. Scott Childers (2010-05-06). Retrieved on 2010-07-30.
- ↑ A look at the floor plan for the WLS studios in the Prairie Farmer Building-Studio A and its control room are still intact today
- ↑ http://www.wallacesfarmer.com/index.aspx?mid=45533&mtype=1&qfguid=f6d93563-3a06-4410-85f6-4dc7d3e5e171
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