Subject: AgWeb Reports Unprecedented Traffic
From: "Farm Journal Media" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:33:27 +0000 (GMT)

=FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="ARIAL">This message contains gra=hics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view.

For Immediate Release

For more information contact:
Mitch Rouda
Phone: 847.318.0785E-mail: [email-masked]

AgWeb Re=orts Unprecedented Traffic

Philadelphia= PA (September 25, 2012) — An incomparable season of market vol=tility and drought has heightened the need among farmers and ranchers for =he latest news and information, and more turned to Farm Journal Media&rsqu=;s AgWeb.com in July and August than ever before.

AgWeb—a=ready long-established as the largest media information source for farmers=on the web—has seen traffic increase 50 percent since the first quar=er of the year and 60 percent versus the same period in 2011. AgWeb also a=eraged a record 380,000 unique visitors and 5.1 million page views in each=of the last two months.

“We take it as a compliment&mdash=and a deep responsibility—that so many farmers and ranchers have tur=ed to us during this key time,” said Boyce Thompson, AgWeb’s n=w editor-in-chief. “We want to bring our audience broad and deep new=, data and tools that help them stay informed and make timely business dec=sions. When traffic surges across our site, as it has during these past fe= months, it shows we are on target.”

Traffic across the F=rm Journal and AgWeb platforms grew from all sectors, with 49 percent more=direct traffic, 71 percent more referred traffic, and 68 percent more sear=h-generated traffic. And the bulging audience consumed content throughout =he information network. Markets traffic was up 51 percent, weather traffic=was up 93 percent, discussion traffic was up 88 percent, and news and arti=les traffic was up 133 percent.

Use of AgWeb’s mobile off=rings also soared this summer. The AgWeb mobile site hosted 850,000 page v=ews over the past two months. The AgWeb mobile app (available on iOS and A=droid) has grown 163 percent since its first full month of availability la=t November. Combined, AgWeb has hosted nearly one million mobile page view= per month over the past two months.

“Information is crit=cally important right now to our audience, so our staff is vigilant in loo=ing for more and better ways to answer their needs,” said Mitch Roud=, President of Farm Journal eMedia.

About Farm Journal Media
Farm Journal Media is the nation’s leading agricultura= media company. Its magazines are the 135-year-old flagship Farm Journal, =op Producer, Beef Today, Dairy Today and Implement & Tractor. The comp=ny produces and distributes the “AgDay,” “U.S. Farm Repo=t,” “Corn College TV” and “Leave a Legacy TV&rdquo= national TV programs and produces the industry-leading website AgWeb.=om and the syndicated radio show “Consumer Ag Connection.&rdquo= Farm Journal Media also licenses detailed industry data through its FarmR=ach™ database, publishes the Pro Farmer and LandOwner newsletters, produces numerous large-scale live events and provides ext=nsive custom publishing services.

-30-

You are receiving this because you have=opted to receive press release emails from the Farm Journal Media. You are=subscribed as [email-masked].

Contact Us
To ensure delivery to your inb=x (not bulk or junk folders), add [email-masked]=s4.com to your address book.

Interested in advertising with Ag=eb.com? |

Manage Your Email
I= you no longer wish to receive Press Releases from Farm Journal Media, ple=se click here to uns=bscribe.

If you received this email from a friend and wish to receiv= press release emails from Farm Journal Media, please email us at bmcna=[email-masked].

Farmers Feeding the World
The w=rld needs to increase both hunger relief and food production. F=rmers Feeding the World is about agriculture coming together to do jus= that. Join us in the effort. Donate today.

Copyright 2012 Farm Journal Media
30 S. 15th Street, Suite=900, Philadelphia, PA 19102
(800) 320-7992