AcreageLife Magazine

What AcreageLife Magazine does

AcreageLife Magazine is a print and digital publication serving the rural lifestyle and hobby farming community in the United States, founded in 2001 and operating for approximately 24 years. It delivers content across three core verticals — Lifestyle, Hobby Farming, and Acreage Toyz — covering topics such as country living, livestock, gardening, sustainable acreage practices, and equipment reviews, and is distributed through print subscriptions, a dedicated web portal at AcreageLife.com, Facebook and LinkedIn social channels, and weekly email newsletters.

The underlying technology is a content management system supporting both print and digital publishing, with the digital property recently rebuilt as a faster, more SEO-friendly portal as part of a broader digital transformation undertaken by parent Catalyst Communications Network (CCN), a Fort Dodge, Iowa-based diversified publishing group operating 30+ trade publications across agriculture, industrial, and construction sectors. The technology stack is conventional publishing infrastructure rather than a proprietary platform; there are no APIs, developer tools, or AI/ML components disclosed. AcreageLife sits within CCN alongside related properties such as the Chicken Whisperer Magazine website.

Revenue is generated through two streams: recurring print magazine subscriptions and a B2B advertising/sponsorship model in which rural-lifestyle brands (including Land Pride, PBI Gordon, TYM, Polaris, Sand Creek Post & Beam, Lehman's, and Beaver Works Leasing) purchase multi-channel ad inventory spanning digital, print, web, social, and mobile assets. Go-to-market is hybrid: B2C direct-to-consumer subscriptions through the website and B2B direct sales via a Media Kit (rates not publicly disclosed). The company reports 220% growth in web and digital assets over 24 months amid 'unprecedented growth' in the rural living community, and is currently scaling a dedicated sales organization to monetize the expanded digital footprint.

Name

AcreageLife Magazine

Legal name

Catalyst Communications Network

Website

https://acreagelife.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AcreageLife Magazine is a 24-year-old US print and digital publication serving rural landowners and hobby farmers with content on country living, livestock, gardening, and equipment, monetized through subscriptions and multi-channel advertising under parent Catalyst Communications Network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Lifestyle Trade Publication

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Home, Garden & DIY Magazines (MPAJAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Publishing Aggregators & Distribution (e-book distribution, news syndication) (MPAJAMAE)

Keywords

• Rural lifestyle publishing
• Country living magazine
• Hobby farming content
• Trade publication advertising
• Acreage property media

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Dodge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Print Magazine Subscriptions: Revenue from print edition subscriptions for the AcreageLife magazine targeting readers interested in modern country living
2. Advertising and Sponsorships: Revenue from advertisers and sponsors including Land Pride, PBI Gordon, TYM, Polaris, Sand Creek Post & Beam, Lehman's, Beaver Works Leasing, and others targeting the rural acreage community

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

AcreageLife Magazine publishes a print magazine and digital website (AcreageLife.com) delivering editorial content on modern country living, hobby farming, and rural acreage property management. It also sells advertising and sponsorships in print, web, social, and mobile channels to brands targeting the rural lifestyle community.

Product overview

AcreageLife Magazine is a print and digital publication serving the modern country living community. The core offerings consist of the AcreageLife Magazine print publication and the AcreageLife.com digital web portal, which together deliver lifestyle content on rural living, hobby farming, and acreage property management. The digital platform also provides e-commerce for magazine subscriptions and advertising services. Content is organized into three main categories: Lifestyle (covering country living, home, and sustainable living), Hobby Farming (covering livestock, gardening, and seasonal activities), and Acreage Toyz (covering equipment reviews, tools, and product showcases). The publication is part of the Catalyst Communications Network portfolio of trade publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AcreageLife Magazine A print publication serving the rural lifestyle community, providing content on modern country living, hobby farming, acreage property management, and rural lifestyle topics. Published regularly with features on tractors, gardening, livestock, and property maintenance.
• AcreageLife.com Digital Portal The digital web portal for AcreageLife, offering online content including articles on lifestyle, hobby farming, and Acreage Toyz (equipment and tools). Features subscription services, e-commerce for magazine purchases, and multimedia content delivery.
• Media Kit / Advertising Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Catalyst Communications NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCatalyst Communications Network is the parent company and publisher of AcreageLife Magazine. CCN is undergoing a digital transformation and is expanding its service offerings across a portfolio of 30+ trade publications in agriculture, industrial and construction sectors. The company operates from Fort Dodge, Iowa and is also known as DBA Heartland Communications Group, Inc.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Grit Magazine: Print and digital magazine focused on rural American lifestyle, homesteading, and country living; competes for the same rural landowner and hobby farmer reader demographic as AcreageLife.
• Hobby Farms: Long-running magazine and digital publication covering hobby farming, livestock, and small-acreage agriculture, directly paralleling AcreageLife's hobby farming and rural lifestyle content verticals and serving the same target audience.
• Mother Earth News: Established publication covering sustainable living, homesteading, organic gardening, and rural self-sufficiency — closely overlapping AcreageLife's 'Sustainable Acres' and homestead content categories.
• Capper's Farmer: Magazine and website serving rural and small-acreage readers with content on gardening, livestock, recipes, and country living — direct overlap in mission and audience with AcreageLife.
• Farm and Ranch Living: Reader-driven magazine covering farm and ranch life stories, rural cooking, and country living, targeting a similar U.S. rural family and acreage-owner audience as AcreageLife.
• BackHome Magazine: Independent magazine on self-reliant living, homesteading, and rural property management — directly comparable niche focus to AcreageLife's homestead how-to and acreage content.
• Countryside & Small Stock Journal: Niche publication focused on small-scale farming, livestock, and rural self-reliance, directly comparable to AcreageLife's hobby farming editorial focus and acreage-owner audience.

Emerging players

• The Cottage Journal: Lifestyle publication covering country cottage living, farmhouses, and rural home design — partial overlap with AcreageLife's 'Hearth & Home' and country lifestyle editorial verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Country Living: Major Hearst title spanning country home, rural lifestyle, and country cooking content. While broader in scope and national in scale, it competes for the same broad country-living reader and adjacent advertising pool.
• Ogden Publications (parent of Mother Earth News / Grit / Capper's): Diversified rural lifestyle publishing group comparable to CCN, owning multiple niche titles that collectively compete with AcreageLife and CCN's portfolio for both readers and advertisers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/acreagemagazine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acreagelife

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 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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