Subject: Farm Journal Media's AgWeb.com Finalist in min Awards
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Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:09:34 +0000 (GMT)

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Cha=lene Finck
Senior Vice President of Editorial and Content Development
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Farm Journal Media’s=AgWeb.com Finalist in min Awards
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Phil=delphia, Pa. (March 13, 2015)—Farm Journal Med=a has been recognized again and is a finalist in this year’s = Best of the Web and Digital Awards in the redesign category for = their AgWeb.com platform. Farm Journal’s Ag=eb.com is the only agricultural finalist in the field=of redesign. Other finalists in the category include Spor=s Illustrated, Taste of Home and GreenBiz.com.
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“AgWeb.com is a robust, wide-ranging website=for America’s farmers, ranchers and agribusiness pr=fessionals,” states Charlene Finck, Senior Vice Pre=ident of Editorial and Content Development for Farm Journ=l Media. “It is the largest online information reso=rce for farmers, commanding more than 50% of all page vie=s in its category and engaging more than 500,000 unique m=nthly visitors.”

With the redesign, AgWeb.co= features continuous news updates throughout the day,=a weather dashboard that provides ag-specific and highly =ocal data, extensive commodity-market coverage and a full=complement of business and profit management tools.
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“Forty percent of AgWeb.com’s audience u=es a smartphone or tablet to access the website,” s=ates Mitch Rouda, Digital Division President for Farm Jou=nal Media. “One of the key goals for the redesign w=s to make AgWeb.com even easier to access from a m=bile device. Since the redesign, AgWeb.com’s=mobile page views have nearly doubled.”

Another=major goal was to make the site easier to navigate. User =esting prior to launching indicated that busy farmers found the = old design cumbersome and cluttered. The new design organizes = content into more accessible topic areas and includes drop-down = navigation, allowing users multiple entry points to easily=find what they are looking for.

Min&=squo;s Best of the Web and Digital Awards breakfast will =ake place on May 11, 2015, in New York City. A full list of finalists = can be found by clicking =ere.

About =arm Journal Media
Farm Journal Media is th= nation’s prominent agricultural media company. Its m=gazines are the 138-year-old flagship Farm Journal, =i>Top Producer, Beef Today, Dairy Today and Implement= & Tractor. The company’s broadcast division p=oduces and distributes two national television programs, &l=quo;AgDay” and “U.S. Farm Report,” and th=ee daily radio programs, “AgriTalk,” “Ame=ican Countryside” and “Market Rally.” In =014, the company introduced My Farm Radio, a 24/7 di=ital mobile radio channel. The company produces the industry-leading = web portal AgWeb.com and dominates mobile communication through = “Farm Journal Mobile,” including Commodity Upd=te. Farm Journal provides a national peer-to-peer advis=ry program for executive farmers and ranchers called To= Producer Executive Network™ and publishes Pr= Farmer and LandOwner newsletters. In 2013, the =ompany launched Machinery Pete, LLC and hosts more than 70 =ive events each year. Farm Journal compiles and licenses de=ailed producer/industry data through its FarmReach database and = in 2011, the company established The Farm Journal Foundation along = with its “Farmers Feeding the World” initiative ded=cated to sustaining agriculture’s ability to meet the=vital needs of a growing population through education and e=powerment.

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