These topics are also important to readers therefore they appeal to almost every agriculturist who reads the trade publication.Īgricultural mechanics is another topic that appeals broadly to readers. Any item dealing with the application of power in any mode for improving the production of agricultural work is popular with editors.
Agricultural mechanics is another topic that appeals broadly to readers. The same is true of soil thus, farmers want to learn new ways to improve their soil. I’ve sold many articles on topics related to farming, meat production, dairying, fertilizers, poultry, rural sanitation and hygiene, crop planning, and yes, even cow manure. This type of “news” is relevant to the special class of readers and it must interest the largest possible circle of readers. However, this is not “news” in the sense that it is shocking, happening this second, or even extraordinary. In selling agriculture articles, the element of news is vital.
However, I am satisfied with the pay rate and the positive acknowledgment from the editor. And yes, I confess, I find such articles time-consuming and hard to finish. 45 cents a word to cover a particular class of material (because such a writer needs special knowledge and skills to cover such topics). 35 cents to persuade me to provide local interviews in each of my articles.Ī couple years ago the editor increased my pay to. I have found that some agriculture publications have different rates, and editors rarely raise the rates unless your articles have appeared in the publication a dozen or so times. Also make sure the publication is a paying market, and not a non-paying peer-to-peer publication. If the publication does not offer its writer’s guidelines online, simply e-mail the editor and request them. Also make sure the publication is a payingĪlways visit the website of the publication and study the kinds of material that the editor accepts. Always visit the website of the publication and study the kinds of material that the editor accepts. You can find many agriculture publications by searching on Google with the keywords “agriculture magazines” or “agriculture publications”-this will list websites of publications, or directories that have categorized such publications. What Steps Should You Take?īecause this niche is a small segment in the freelance market, it is difficult to make a full-time living writing just for agriculture media, unless you can find other angles for an article to pitch to culinary, gardening, rural, and lifestyle magazines and websites. Any writer who expects to satisfy an editor by fine writing or by padding material in his article is destined to disappoint.Īn agriculture editor would rather receive (from an aspiring writer) a 350-word tightly-written article about how “smoke from wildfires have slowed Central Washington’s pear and apple harvest this year” than to receive 2,000-word technical dissertation from an agricultural machinery “expert” who could have told his story in 500 words or less. The typical agriculture article consists of reworking difficult facts and findings into an easy-to-ready cohesive article that readers will understand. Writing for the agriculture press requires you to fact-find.
What does it take to write for agriculture press? Here is a run-down of all you ever wanted to know about freelance writing for agriculture trade publications and websites. 15 -.45 cents per word for feature articles. Pay is slightly below other trade publications. These agriculture and farming publications use a vast amount of material to coverĬhanges in the industry. This is a market that many writers neglect because:Ģ) it targets working professionals in the industryģ) many of these journals and magazines are published regionally (to cover a specific area or state) I have written for agriculture media (trade press and online publications) for more than twelve years.
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