Subject: AgWeb Launches Maps to Track 2012 Planting Progress
From: "Farm Journal Media" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:48:10 +0000 (GMT)

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For Immediate Release

=div align="right">For more information contact:

Charlene Finck
Phone: 573.581.9642
E-m=il: [email-masked]

AgWeb La=nches Maps
to Track 2012 Planting Progress

Philadelphia, PA (April 12, 2012) &md=sh; As the global watch on agriculture continues into the planting season,=AgWeb recently launched three interactive Planting Maps to demonstrate how planting is progressing across th= U.S. this spring.

“We had an extreme amount of success with t=e Harvest Maps we launched in September 2011, and we felt the need to brin= farmers yet another tool that allows them to obtain accurate and timely i=formation in one convenient location,” said Charlene Finck, Senior V=ce President of Editorial and Content Development for Farm Journal Media.<=p>
Using USDA’s weekly Crop Production reports, the Plantin= Maps are updated each Monday, showing the increased planting progress for=corn, soybeans and spring wheat. Similar to AgWeb’s Harvest Maps, th= Planting Maps show, by color, the percentage planted in a given state. Th= maps resemble a stock heat map, but rather than stock values, the values =n these maps are percentage planted, with the colors changing based on the=actual percentage planted as reported by USDA.

In addition to showca=ing USDA’s reports on the country’s planting progress, AgWeb l=ts farmers submit their own crop photos or planting reports, which are fea=ured in the popular Crop Comments=section. Farmers and online users can also receive the latest planting upd=tes on Twitter and contribute to the=online conversation using the hashtag #plant12.

The recently launche= Planting Maps follow the latest success of AgWeb’s Harvest Maps, wh=ch captured a win for Editorial Excellence - Special Section (in the b2b c=tegory) at min’s Best of the Web Awards last week. The section avera=ed 5,000 page views a day for the first month and has received nearly 250,=00 page views since its launch, according to Google Analytics.

About Farm Journal Media Farm Journal Media is the nation’s leading agricultural media com=any. Its magazines are the 135-year-old flagship Farm Journal, Top Produce=, Beef Today, Dairy Today and Implement & Tractor. The company produce= and distributes the “AgDay,” “U.S. Farm Report,” =ldquo;Corn College TV” and “Leave a Legacy TV” national =V programs and produces the industry-leading website AgWeb.com an= the syndicated radio show Consumer Ag Connection. Farm Jo=rnal Media also licenses detailed industry data through its FarmReach data=ase, publishes the Pro Farmer and LandOwner newsletters,=produces numerous large-scale live events and provides extensive custom pu=lishing services.

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