AgriNews Publications

What AgriNews Publications does

AgriNews Publications is a privately held regional agricultural news publisher, founded in 1977 and headquartered in La Salle, Illinois, under the ownership of Shaw Media as part of the Shaw Local News Network. It produces two regional editions, Illinois AgriNews and Indiana AgriNews, delivering localized agricultural news, weather, market, livestock, and farm-business reporting to farm families across Illinois and Indiana, with field editors providing on-the-ground coverage each week. The company operates with a small team of 1-10 employees.

The product portfolio spans print subscriptions, a PageSuite-powered eNewspaper digital edition, the AgriNews AgriMinute audio podcast distributed via Spreaker, email newsletters, special thematic publications, and a dedicated Farms for Sale classifieds site. Underlying technology is built on a standard digital content management and distribution platform (Arc Publishing) shared across the Shaw Local News Network, with mobile distribution through a Shaw-branded iOS app and an Android app.

AgriNews generates revenue through a recurring subscription model, offering both print and digital account tiers to individual subscribers and farm families. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via the agrinews-pubs.com website, with ancillary advertising and classifieds revenue (Farms for Sale, Shaw Media Marketing) supplementing subscriptions. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and there is no enterprise or B2B sales motion apparent in the source data.

Name

AgriNews Publications

Legal name

AgriNews Publications

Website

https://agrinews-pubs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AgriNews Publications is a privately held, Shaw Media-owned regional agricultural news publisher serving Illinois and Indiana farm families since 1977 through print and digital subscriptions, eNewspaper, newsletter, and podcast products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural News Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Food, Cooking & Beverage Magazines (MPAJAEAF)

Keywords

• Regional agricultural news
• Farming publication
• Crop livestock reporting
• Farm family media
• Print digital subscriptions

Headquarters

HQ city

La Salle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Print and Digital Subscriptions: Subscription-based revenue model providing agricultural news content to farm families. Offers both digital accounts and print subscriptions serving Illinois and Indiana farm communities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AgriNews Publications is a regional agricultural news publisher producing Illinois AgriNews and Indiana AgriNews editions that cover topics affecting local farm families and their businesses. The publication offers print subscriptions, a digital eNewspaper platform, the AgriMinute podcast, and email newsletters delivering agricultural news, crop and livestock updates, weather, market trends, and community features to subscribers across Illinois and Indiana.

Product overview

AgriNews Publications is a regional agricultural news publisher offering a multi-format portfolio of products including Illinois AgriNews and Indiana AgriNews regional editions, an eNewspaper digital platform, the AgriNews AgriMinute podcast, and email newsletters. The publication covers topics affecting local farm families and their businesses, with editorial staff in the field each week. Content is delivered through print subscriptions, digital accounts, and the eNewspaper platform powered by PageSuite Professional.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Illinois AgriNews Print and digital regional agricultural news publication covering topics affecting local farm families and their businesses in Illinois, with editorial staff covering the region each week.
• Indiana AgriNews Print and digital regional agricultural news publication covering topics affecting local farm families and their businesses in Indiana, with editorial staff covering the region each week.
• eNewspaper Digital Edition Interactive HTML5 digital edition of the AgriNews newspaper accessible online for subscribers via the PageSuite Professional platform, including special publications and themed editions.
• AgriNews AgriMinute Podcast Short-form weekly agricultural news podcast providing updates on topics affecting farmers and agricultural communities, distributed through the Spreaker platform.
• Email Newsletter Email newsletter delivering regular agricultural news updates and headlines directly to subscribers, keeping them informed of latest agricultural news.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Indiana AgVetsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 November 2025AgriNews covers stories about veterans learning farming through the Indiana AgVets program, which provides veterans with opportunities to learn about beekeeping, cattle raising, and other agricultural skills. The partnership highlights agricultural education and veteran support initiatives.
• Hoosier UplandsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization that helps veterans gain new agricultural skills through the Indiana AgVets program featured in AgriNews coverage of veteran farming stories.
• Shaw Local News NetworkcoreOthersAgriNews Publications is part of the Shaw Local News Network, a network of local news publications. The network provides shared technology, marketing, and operational infrastructure for member publications.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Brownfield Ag News: Brownfield Ag News provides agricultural news and market reports across the Midwest, with radio and digital distribution that directly overlaps with AgriNews' target audience of corn and soybean belt farm families.
• Farm Progress: Farm Progress publishes several regional agricultural magazines including Indiana Prairie Farmer, Prairie Farmer (Illinois), and Wallaces Farmer, making it the most direct competitor to AgriNews with overlapping state coverage and similar product format.
• Successful Farming: Successful Farming (part of Dotdash Meredith) is a national agricultural magazine and digital platform that covers farming operations, similar in audience and content focus to AgriNews but at a national scale.
• AgWeb: AgWeb is the digital platform of Farm Journal Media, providing agricultural news, market commentary, and weather. It competes with AgriNews for digital reader attention from Illinois and Indiana farm families.
• DTN/Progressive Farmer: DTN/Progressive Farmer is a major agricultural media company providing news, market data, and weather to farmers, competing directly with AgriNews for the attention of Illinois and Indiana farm families through both digital and print channels.
• Farm Journal: Farm Journal is a leading agricultural media company producing magazines, digital content, and events for farmers, with comparable products (Farm Journal, AgWeb) to AgriNews and overlapping target audience of Midwestern farm operations.
• Hoosier Ag Today: Hoosier Ag Today is an Indiana-focused agricultural news network providing radio and digital content to Indiana farm families, directly competing with the Indiana AgriNews edition.

Regional players

• Iowa Farmer Today: Iowa Farmer Today is a regional agricultural publication serving Iowa farm families, comparable to AgriNews in format and audience but focused on a different (adjacent) state.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agnews

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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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