{{Short description|Agricultural newspaper based in Des Moines, Iowa}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Wallaces Farmer | logo = | logo_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | image_file = <!-- cover.jpg (omit the "file:" prefix) --> | image_size = <!-- default is 180px --> | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = <!-- up to |editor5= --> | editor_title = <!-- up to |editor_title5= --> | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = Trade magazine | frequency = Monthly | format = | circulation = | publisher = | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | circulation_year = | total_circulation = | founder = | founded = 1892 | firstdate = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | finaldate = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | finalnumber = | company = Farm Progress | country = United States | based = Des Moines, Iowa | language = English | website = {{URL|http://www.wallacesfarmer.com}} | issn = 0043-0129 | oclc = }}

'''''Wallaces Farmer''''' is an agricultural newspaper based in Des Moines, Iowa. It is owned by media company Informa and operates as part of the company's Farm Progress division.

==History== The newspaper's lineage can be traced back to the 1850s and two separate publications, the ''Northwestern Farmer and Horticultural Journal'' and the ''Iowa Farmer and Horticulturist'', which merged in 1861 to become ''The Iowa Homestead and Northwestern Farmer''; the name eventually shortened to ''The Iowa Homestead''.<ref name=feedstuffs>{{Cite web|url=http://www.feedstuffs.com/wallaces-farmer-history|title=History of Wallaces Farmer|website=Feedstuffs|accessdate=April 17, 2017}}</ref> Henry Wallace became editor of ''The Iowa Homestead'' in 1883, and James M. Pierce purchased the paper in 1885. Conflicts between the two over the paper's philosophy caused Wallace to leave. Wallace's sons had been publishing ''The Farm and Dairy'' since 1893, and he joined in its operation; the Wallace name was added in 1895, and the publication's name was shorted to ''Wallaces' Farmer'' in 1898. ''The Iowa Homestead'' and ''Wallaces' Farmer'' were bitter rivals, and Wallace family ultimately bought out ''The Iowa Homestead'' in 1929.<ref name=feedstuffs /> Henry's son, Henry Cantwell Wallace, and his son, Henry A. Wallace—later a Cabinet secretary and vice president under Franklin Delano Roosevelt—served as editors.

The first issue of the combined ''Wallaces Farmer and Iowa Homestead'' came out in October 1929, as the stock market began to crash. The publication faltered, and in 1932 Dante Pierce, son of James M. Pierce, came back as receiver; he purchased the publication at a sheriff's sale in 1935. After Dante Pierce's death in 1955, the publication was sold to the publishers of ''Prairie Farmer'', and the name was shortened to ''Wallaces Farmer''.<ref name=feedstuffs />

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== Further reading == * Kirkendall, Richard S. Ed., [http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath/magazine-called-wallaces%E2%80%99-farmer “A Magazine Called ''Wallaces’ Farmer''”], ''The Goldfinch'', vol. 12, no. 3 (February 1991), pp.&nbsp;14–15. Available at [http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath/magazine-called-wallaces%E2%80%99-farmer ''Iowa Pathways Television''].

== External links == * [http://farmprogress.com/wallaces-farmer ''Wallaces’ Farmer''] at [https://informa.com/ informa.com]. * [http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=WAF&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections: ''Wallaces’ Farmer'' (1898–1950)]

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