Red River Farm Network

What Red River Farm Network does

Red River Farm Network is a privately held agricultural media company founded in 1995 and headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The company operates an agricultural news radio broadcasting network that delivers farm news, commodity market updates, weather information, policy coverage, and event information to farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers across North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Distribution is anchored by a network of 23+ affiliate radio stations across markets including Bismarck, Bemidji, Fergus Falls, Grafton, Jamestown, and Worthington, supplemented by digital channels including the rrfn.com website, a portfolio of at least eight podcast series (Country Morning, Agriculture Today, Market Analysis, Weather, This Week In Agriculture, TransFARMation, Talking Conservation, Ag Innovation News), an events calendar, and a weekly digest email.

The underlying technology is a conventional radio broadcasting and digital content distribution platform with no disclosed API, SDK, or AI/ML capabilities. Product architecture is unified media content rather than a modular software stack. Topic-specific editorial verticals (Markets, Ag Business, Crops, Livestock, Policy) provide granular audience targeting for advertisers.

Revenue is generated exclusively through advertising and sponsorship sold to agricultural companies, cooperatives, and agribusinesses seeking reach into the Upper Midwest farm audience. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Customer concentration sits with regional ag advertisers, and the company operates with a lean 1-10 employee team. Ownership structure, funding history, and financial performance are not disclosed in available sources.

Name

Red River Farm Network

Website

https://rrfn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Red River Farm Network is a privately held Grand Forks-based agricultural media company founded in 1995 that delivers farm news, commodity markets, and weather to farmers and ranchers across the Upper Midwest via 23+ affiliate radio stations, podcasts, an events calendar, and email newsletters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Forks

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising and Sponsorship: The network generates revenue through advertising from agricultural companies, cooperatives, and agribusinesses that want to reach farmers and agricultural producers in the Upper Midwest region.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Red River Farm Network is an agricultural news radio broadcasting network that delivers farm news, commodity market information, weather updates, and policy coverage through a network of 23+ affiliate radio stations across North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota. The network complements its live broadcasts with on-demand podcasts, a website news hub, an agricultural events calendar, and a weekly email digest. Its primary commercial activity is selling advertising and sponsorships to agricultural companies, cooperatives, and agribusinesses seeking to reach farmers and producers in the Upper Midwest.

Product overview

Red River Farm Network is an agricultural news radio broadcasting network operating as a single unified media platform. The network delivers comprehensive farm news coverage through live radio broadcasts across affiliate stations in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota, complemented by on-demand podcast content (Country Morning, Agriculture Today, Market Analysis, Weather, This Week In Agriculture, TransFARMation, Talking Conservation, Ag Innovation News), an events calendar for agricultural industry gatherings, and a weekly email digest. The portfolio is centered on agricultural media content rather than a modular technology product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Red River Farm Network Radio Broadcast Agricultural news radio broadcasting network delivering real-time farm news, commodity market updates, weather, and agricultural policy coverage across 23+ affiliate stations in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
• On-Demand Podcasts On-demand podcast series covering agricultural news, market analysis, weather, conservation, and ag innovation, available for streaming or download by farmers and agricultural producers.
• Agricultural Events Calendar Events calendar and listing service for agricultural community gatherings including field days, conferences, trade shows, and educational workshops across the Upper Midwest region.
• Weekly Digest Email Newsletter Weekly email newsletter summarizing the latest agricultural news, market information, and policy updates for subscribed farmers and producers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brownfield Ag News: National agricultural radio network owned by Learfield delivering news, markets, and weather to farmers across multiple Midwestern states. Closest national-scale direct competitor in ag-radio news broadcasting.
• Linder Farm Network: Minnesota-based farm radio network delivering markets, weather, and ag news to producers in the Upper Midwest. Directly comparable regional ag-radio format and audience to RRFN.
• Agri-Pulse: National ag-policy and ag-business news outlet with digital, broadcast, and print products. Comparable ag-news media format targeting farmers, agribusiness, and policymakers.
• KRVN Rural Radio Network: Nebraska-based rural/agricultural radio network serving farmers and ranchers with markets, news, and weather. Comparable regional farm-radio format serving a neighboring ag-producing state.
• Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network: Iowa-based farm radio network delivering agribusiness news, markets, and weather to Iowa farmers. Comparable regional ag-radio business model serving an adjacent corn-belt state.
• AgWeek / AgWeekTV: Regional agricultural media brand covering North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, and surrounding states with print, digital, and TV. Most direct geographic and audience overlap with RRFN in the Upper Midwest ag-news niche.

Broad incumbents

• Farm Progress: National agricultural media company producing magazines (Successful Farming, Prairie Farmer, etc.), digital content, and live farm events. Competes for ag advertiser dollars at a national scale.
• DTN / Progressive Farmer: Large established ag-media and market-data company combining digital news, market data, and weather with the Progressive Farmer magazine brand. Overlaps with RRFN on ag-news content but operates nationally with a much broader data and subscription portfolio.

Others

• NAFB (National Association of Farm Broadcasting): Trade association serving farm broadcasters and ag-media professionals across the U.S. Not a direct competitor, but the industry body representing RRFN's competitive set and a relevant ecosystem connection.

Regional players

• Wisconsin Agriculturist / Midwest farm state magazines: State-level farm magazines and digital ag-media brands covering neighboring Midwestern states. Comparable regional ag-media audience but primarily print/digital rather than radio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rrfn
• Facebookfacebook.com/RedRiverFarmNetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/red-river-farm-network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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