Irish Farmers Journal

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Irish Farmers Journal
Type Weekly
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)The Agricultural Trust
EditorJack Kennedy[ citation needed ]
Founded1948 (1948)
HeadquartersIrish 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]

Contents

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:

AwardYearOrganisation
Digital Excellence Award2018 [6] Newsbrands Ireland
Media Brand of the Year2017 [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.