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Jen Russell began her career at Farm Journal in 2010, copy editing the company’s print publications. Since then, she has made the transition to full-time online editor, managing content and new projects for AgWeb.com, and overseeing eNewsletter production. Jen traveled to the Midwest in 2007 to pursue a master’s degree at the Missouri School of Journalism. Before that, she earned degrees in journalism and environmental studies at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Her original plan was to become an environmental journalist, but eventually she fell into the world of agriculture and never looked back. Jen grew up on a small tree farm in western Pennsylvania, and while there nurtured a strong appreciation for rock music, Steelers football, french fries on salads and all things outdoors. After living in Missouri for 6 years, she returned to her family’s farm, where she currently resides with her husband, two sons and a super-huggable pit bull named Daisy. Contact Jen jrussell@farmjournal.com 573-253-0300 Farm Journal P.O. Box 958 Mexico, MO 65265

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John is the National Editor at Farm Journal. Doing a little bit of everything, he covers “big picture” stories and conservation issues. He was born and raised near Mexico, Mo. on a beef cattle farm, graduating from the University of Missouri – Columbia with degrees in wildlife biology and forest management, with a minor in Agronomy. He worked for the Missouri Dept. of Conservation as a land management biologist where he was responsible for sharecrop contracts with local farmers on state land. He also helped establish the first program within the Dept. that made allowances for wildlife habitat within complex cropping systems focusing on soil conservation practices like reduced tillage and warm season grass establishment. He authored the booklet “Farming and Wildlife in Missouri which showed farmers how they could manage positively for wildlife populations with practices like narrow row soybeans and paddock grazing. He has been a landscape designer and contractor, marketer for McDonalds restaurants in Europe, Mexico and the States and a graphic designer of product packaging. Before joining Farm Journal, he published a popular regional entertainment newspaper called “The Little Dixie Weekender.” He resides on the family farm with an adopted English setter. Contact John jbucnker@farmjournal.com 573-581-9643 Farm Journal P.O. Box 958 Mexico, MO 65265

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As Farm Director, Al Pell has returned to his roots by hosting AgWeb Radio. Launched in February, AgWeb Radio includes three market reports posted each trading day. Updates are available at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and feature a deep and experienced roster of market experts who offer up-to-the-minute analysis of what’s moving the commodity markets. Before joining AgDay Television in 1989, Al worked for a dozen years at WIBC Radio in Indianapolis, Ind. A graduate of Purdue University with a degree in agriculture, Al still owns and operates a 400-acre farm near Brazil, Ind.

Moe Russell is president of Russell Consulting Group in Panora, Iowa. He provides risk management advice to clients in 34 states and Canada. For more risk management tips, visit his website at www.russellconsultinggroup.net. To submit questions, call (877) 333-6135 or e-mail thebottomline@farmjournal.com.

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An Indiana farm girl, Julie is managing editor of Top Producer magazine. She has been covering agriculture news for nearly 10 years, writing about a variety of topics from farm economics and agronomics to the livestock and seed industries. She moved to East Central Missouri from northern Virginia where she served as director of communications for the American Seed Trade Association for almost three years. She previously worked as editor of Ag Answers for Purdue University and The Ohio State University and information writer for the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. Julie is a graduate of Purdue University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Communication. She is based out of the Mexico, MO., at Farm Journal’s editorial headquarters. If you have any questions, ideas or topics you would like to read more about, please don’t hesitate to contact Julie at jdeering@farmjournal.com.