''Farm Journal'' is a United States agricultural
trade magazine
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that was established in 1877, and is the leading United States farm magazine.
History
Wilmer Atkinson founded the publication in Philadelphia in March 1877 as a small eight-page monthly magazine. Atkinson was editor for 40 years.
[ Mott, Frank Luther]
A History of American Magazines, Volume III: 1865-1885
p. 153 (1938, 4th printing 1970)[(9 May 1985)]
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After advertising revenue dropped greatly in the early 1930s, the publication went into receivership in 1935, and new owners installed Graham Patterson as its publisher. Patterson revived the publication, tripling its advertising revenue of 1935 by 1937, and adding 338,000 subscribers.
[Evans, James. F]
Prairie Farmer and WLS
p. 83 (1969) ''
The Farmer's Wife
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'' was acquired in 1939. In 1955, the magazine (with a circulation then of 2.8 million) acquired ''
The Country Gentleman'' (circulation 2.5 million), the second most popular agricultural magazine, from
Curtis Publishing Company
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.
[(8 June 1955)]
Curtis Publishing Sells A Magazine
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'' p. 21 (paywall)[Quebral, Nora Cruz]
'Farm Journal' and American Agriculture, 1877-1965
(1966, Ph.D. Thesis)[(20 June 1955)]
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As of 2001 (its 125 anniversary year), its circulation was 700,000.
[Bergstrom, Bill (25 June 2001)]
Farm Journal is a national staple after 125 years of publishing
''Argus-Press''
According to the magazine's website in 2022, the magazine currently publishes 13 issues a year and has 335,000 subscribers. Clinton Griffiths has served as editor since 2019.
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The publication's parent company Farm Journal Media also publishes ''
The Packer'' and ''
Drovers Magazine
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''. Its subsidiary Farm Journal Broadcast produces the television programs ''
AgDay
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'' (hosted by Griffiths), ''
U.S. Farm Report'' and ''
Machinery Pete''.
In March 2025, Farm Journal unveiled plans to place all their programs along with all of its others behind a paywall with the launch of its Farm Journal TV paid streaming service. It partially reversed this decision in May with its decision to launch a free ad-supported streaming television service, Farm Journal Now.
References
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External links
List of available digitized and out of copyright volumesfrom the
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Magazines established in 1877
Agricultural magazines published in the United States