"Ag Day," a syndicated 6-day-a-week half-hour newsmagazine for farmers attracts a fairly small audience, but has been popular with advertisers. Jeffrey Pence, president of Qualitron Media, said "Ag Day" revenues have quadrupled in 4 years."
In 1980, the top 10 agricultural advertisers spent about $37 million in farm magazines to reach American farmers. Magazines are a basic tool of agrimarketers, but broadcast media receive an increasing share of advertising dollars.
Advertising executive advises agencies to be extremely wary of unsolicited ideas and inadvertent use of ads that involve, for example, stereotyping of farmers.
