About top agrar

top agrar

top agrar is the monthly agricultural trade magazine of the Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster, founded in 1972 and now in its 55th volume year in 2026, the monatliches Agrarfachmagazin the Wikipedia infobox describes for the Fachgebiet Agrarwirtschaft in deutscher Sprache with its print ISSN 0936-8302 and online ISSN 0342-2399. With a sold circulation of 74,651 copies in the third quarter of 2025 and a distributed circulation of 76,093, it is, by the publisher's account, the agricultural specialist journal with the highest circulation in the German-speaking area, the Nummer 1 unter den Fach- und Spezialzeitschriften im deutschsprachigen Raum the media data claim for the 2026 Jahrgang, its 55th volume year, and its IVW-geprüfte Auflage. The base magazine offers monthly specialist information on farm management, money, taxes and insurance, crop production, agricultural technology and construction, new energy, poultry, markets and prices, and household and family, with selectable special programs for cattle and pig farming, the Spezialprogramme Rinder- und Schweinehaltung the readers choose alongside the Basisheft's monatliche aktuelle Fachinformationen zu den Hauptthemen. The editors-in-chief are Guido Höner and Matthias Schulze Steinmann, the Chefredakteure the infobox names for the Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH's flagship agricultural journal, its Herausgeber, and its 55. Jahrgang.

Overview

top agrar reports on all topics from agriculture. The base magazine's monthly program covers Betriebsleitung/Geld, Steuern und Versicherungen, Produktion auf Acker- und Grünland, Landtechnik und Bauen, Neue Energie, Geflügel, Markt und Preise, and Haushalt und Familie, the Basisheft the Wikipedia article describes with its monatliche aktuelle Fachinformationen zu den Hauptthemen for the Betriebsleiter. Readers can add the special programs for Rinderhaltung and Schweinehaltung, selective components of the main magazine that complement the base program, the selektive Bestandteile des Hauptheftes the media data describe for the livestock farmers, the Rindviehhaltung, the Schweinehaltung, and the Ergänzung des Basisprogramms.

The magazine appears monthly at the Münster-Hiltrup publishing house, Hülsebrockstrasse 2-8, 48165 Münster, the Erscheinungsort the media data list for the 55. Jahrgang 2026 with its monatliche Erscheinungsweise and the Key Facts. In Austria, top agrar appears with country-specific supplements; there is also a Polish version, top agrar polska, and special issues for the Eastern European market, the landesspezifischen Beilagen the Wikipedia article notes for the Austrian readers, the Polish version, and the osteuropäischen Markt. The 2026 media data put the sold circulation at 77,689 copies including e-paper in the second quarter of 2025, the verkaufte Auflage lt. IVW the media data state for the Jahrgang 2026, inkl. E-Paper and the 2. Quartal 2025.

History

top agrar was launched in 1972 as the nationwide specialist journal of the Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster, the publishing house that three farmers had founded in 1946 to publish the Landwirtschaftliche Wochenblatt für Westfalen und Lippe, the bundesweite Fachzeitschrift the publisher's history records for the 1972 start of the nationwide journal and its 55th volume year. The 1972 launch came as the publisher expanded beyond its regional weekly: 1976 brought Reiter und Pferde in Westfalen, 1977 the Deutsche Schwarzbunte, and the KTBL writings joined the program, the Schriften des Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft with their Taschenbuch of more than 100,000 copies by the early 1980s.

The international expansion followed the German reunification: the publisher built the Polish agricultural publisher Polskie Wydawnictwo Rolnicze in Posen, which started top agrar polska in 1994, and top agrar Österreich followed in 1996, the publisher's Eastern European growth after the 1991 Deutschen Bauernverlag participation in Berlin. In Germany, the publisher took over SUS Schweinezucht und Schweinemast in 1992 and the Fleischrinder Journal in 1994, the livestock titles that complemented top agrar's program and its special programs for the Rinder- and Schweinehaltung, the SUS and Fleischrinder titles. The Landwirtschaftsverlag today counts nearly 50 specialist media, employs around 900 people at its locations in Germany, Poland, Austria, and the Netherlands, and reports annual turnover of around 130 million euros, ranking among the 15 highest-turnover specialist publishers in Germany and the 100 largest German media companies, the internationale Mediengruppe the anniversary article describes for the 80 Jahre Landwirtschaftsverlag.

Coverage and Content

top agrar's editorial program is the agricultural enterprise: monthly specialist information and practice-oriented decision aids for the agricultural farm managers and decision-makers in the green industry, the Entscheidungshilfen für die landwirtschaftlichen Betriebsleiter und Entscheidungsträger in der grünen Branche the media data promise for the 55. Jahrgang. The base program's topics run from farm management and finance through crop production on arable and grassland, agricultural technology and construction, new energy, and poultry to markets, prices, household, and family, the Basisprogramm the media data detail from Terminplan and Themenvorschau to Formate, Preise, and Technische Daten.

The special programs for cattle and pig farming address the livestock farmers with selective content, the Spezialprogramm Schweinehaltung and Spezialprogramm Rinderhaltung the media data list for the Rindvieh- and Schweinehaltung alongside the Basisprogramm's Hauptthemen. The supplements SÜDextra and NORDextra, the Energie und Forst supplement, the Innovationsmagazin Ackerbau, and the Agri Business Compact extend the program, the Sonderhefte, Supplements, Beilagen und Einhefter the media data price with their Formate, Preise, and Technische Daten. The MAagrar results document the magazine's readership research, the Ergebnisse MAagrar the media data carry for the advertisers' planning and the Kommunikationskanal the magazine punktet on.

Organization and Ownership

top agrar is published by the Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH of Münster, at Hülsebrockstrasse 2-8, 48165 Münster, the Verlag/Herausgeber the media data name with the Postanschrift 48084 Münster, the service@topagrar.com contact, and the www.lv.de site. The managing directors are Dr. Ludger Schulze Pals and Malte Schwerdtfeger; the publisher is Reinhard Geissel; the editors-in-chief are Guido Höner and Matthias Schulze Steinmann, the Geschäftsführung, Publisher, and Chefredaktion the media data list with their phone numbers, emails, the redaktion@topagrar.com address, and the +49 2501/8016400 editorial phone. The advertising section is managed by Tanja Pfisterer-Lang, the Bereichsleitung LV-Media Sales responsible for the Anzeigenteil and the Formate und Preise of the Sonderhefte, Supplements, Beilagen, and Einhefter.

The Landwirtschaftsverlag's 80th anniversary in 2026 was marked with a campaign supported by twelve partner companies, including Bayer Crop Science, CLAAS, Krone, KWS, Nestlé, and the REWE Group, with contributions on the future of agriculture, food production, and rural areas, the Beiträge und Perspektiven the anniversary program publishes in the coming months for the Jubiläumsprogramm am 8. Oktober.

Digital Presence

Topagrar.com is the magazine's digital home, with the e-paper included in the circulation figures, the Weblink www.topagrar.com the infobox lists for the monatliches Agrarfachmagazin and its 55. Jahrgang 2026. The 2026 media data present the magazine as the number one among the specialist journals in the German-speaking area, scoring on every communication channel with well-founded, precise specialist information of high utility value, the fundierte, präzise Fachinformationen mit hohem Nutzwert the media data promise for the landwirtschaftlichen Betriebsleiter, Entscheidungsträger, and the grüne Branche.

Dedicated apps or podcasts for the top agrar brand are not detailed in the sources reviewed; the brand's digital presence rests on its website, its e-paper, and the Landwirtschaftsverlag's digital services, the Kommunikationskanal the media data describe for the 55. Jahrgang 2026 and the digitale Dienstleistungen. The publisher's f3 digital magazine for the green sector's pioneers, launched under Matthias Schulze Steinmann's leadership, complements the portfolio, the junges, freches, fundiertes und fachliches Magazin the launch announcement describes for the Pioniere im grünen Sektor, their smart technologies, and their start-ups.