DTN just announced that it has hired Marcia Zarley Taylor as executive editor.

She will play a key role in DTN’s efforts to expand its editorial coverage of the rapidly changing agriculture market driven by the expansion of renewable fuels. Widely regarded as one of the most authoritative voices in American agriculture, Taylor will bring additional depth and leadership to DTN’s industry leading news and market coverage.

Taylor comes to DTN from Top Producer magazine, where she served as editor-in-chief since 1990. Before joining Top Producer, she was the Washington, D.C. editor with Farm Journal and a farm management editor with Successful Farming magazine. She also took a sabbatical to teach as a visiting professor in agricultural journalism with the University of Missouri- Columbia.