Irish Farmers Journal

"Farmers Journal" redirects here. For other publications, see Farmer's Journal (disambiguation).

Irish Farmers Journal

Type	Weekly
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	The Agricultural Trust
Editor	Jack Kennedy^[citation needed]
Founded	1948 (1948)
Headquarters	Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12
City	Dublin
Country	ireland
ISSN	2009-4604
Website	farmersjournal.ie

The Irish Farmers Journal is a weekly agricultural newspaper (published Thursdays) which provides farming news, specialist advice, market data and country living features to the Irish agricultural industry. As of October 2019, it reportedly had a weekly readership of 263,000.[1] It is the largest selling agricultural publication in both Ireland and the UK,^[citation needed] and it had a weekly circulation sale of 62,226 copies at the end of 2018.[2]

It is owned by The Agricultural Trust, which also owns The Irish Field.[3] The Irish Farmers Journal is the only agricultural publication which operates as a legal Trust.^[citation needed]

Its ownership structure provides it with the ability to make significant investments in editorial content.^[citation needed] An example of this is Tullamore Farm,[4] a model farm designed to test farming practices to improve efficiency.^[original research?]

Laois gardening expert Lily Champ has been a regular columnist for Irish Farmers Journal.[5]

Awards

Awards won by the Irish Farmers Journal include:

Award	Year	Organisation
Digital Excellence Award	2018[6]	Newsbrands Ireland
Media Brand of the Year	2017[7]	Newsbrands Ireland

References

1. "Irish Farmers Journal Grows Print Readership by 8,000 to 263,000". AdWorld.ie. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
2. "Circulation". newsbrandsireland.ie. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Circulation [..] July To December 2018 [..] Irish Farmers Journal* 62,226 [..] * Source: KPMG
3. "Irish Times sells 'Irish Field' to 'Farmers Journal' publisher for €2.5m". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
4. "Watch and listen: Tullamore Farm – a new venture for the Irish Farmers Journal". www.farmersjournal.ie. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
5. Miller, Steven (24 May 2017). "Laois gardening legend Lilly Champ features in Bloom video". Laois Today. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
6. "Winners 2018". journalismawards.ie. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Digital Excellence Winner: Irish Farmers Journal
7. "Media Awards 2017: Irish Farmers Journal Named Media Brand of the Year". adworld.ie. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

External links

• Official website