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Farm Journal Magazine is the U.S. farmer’s prime source of practical crops information. Magazine editors, trusted advisors and columnists, and other subject matter experts anticipate what farmers will need to know then deliver content that emphasizes agricultural production, technology and policy. Published 13 times a year, the magazine reaches 335,000+ subscribers who have 250+ acres and are seeking the news, products and services that will improve and grow their farming operations.

Jon grew up raising corn and soybeans on a farm near Beatrice, NE. Upon graduation from The University of Nebraska in Lincoln, he became a grain merchandiser and has been trading corn, soybeans and other grains for the last 25 years, building relationships with end-users in the process. After successfully marketing his father’s grain and getting his MBA, 15 years ago he started helping farmer clients market their grain based upon his principals of farmer education, reducing risk, understanding storage potential and using basis strategy to maximize individual farm operation profits. A big believer in farmer education of grain marketing, Jon writes a weekly commentary to farmers interested in learning more and growing their farm operations. Reach out to Jon at jon@schevegrain.com or at schevegrain.com.

Mike Walsten has covered major business trends in agriculture for more than 35 years. From the southern corn leaf blight of 1970 to today’s biofuels focus, he’s lived, reported and analyzed the impact of volatile markets on farm and ranch businesses and on land prices. After growing up on a grain and livestock farm in Western Illinois, Mike graduated from the University of Illinois with an undergraduate degree in agriculture communications and a master’s degree in business administration in the early 1970s. Since then he’s covered business and management issues as well as price outlook and marketing issues in various positions with Farm Journal Magazine and Professional Farmers of America. He now applies his extensive background and analytical skills as editor of LandOwner.