Irish Farmers Journal Explained

Irish Farmers Journal
Type:Weekly
Format:Tabloid
Owners:The Agricultural Trust
Issn:2009-4604
Headquarters:Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12
Editor:Jack Kennedy
Publishing Country:ireland
Publishing City:Dublin

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, 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.

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

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-10-25. Irish Farmers Journal Grows Print Readership by 8,000 to 263,000. 2020-06-10. AdWorld.ie. en-US.
  2. Web site: Circulation . newsbrandsireland.ie . https://web.archive.org/web/20200217033257/http://newsbrandsireland.ie/data-centre/circulation/. 17 February 2020 . Circulation [..] July To December 2018 [..] Irish Farmers Journal* 62,226 [..] * Source: KPMG.
  3. Web site: Irish Times sells 'Irish Field' to 'Farmers Journal' publisher for €2.5m . Irish Times . irishtimes.com . 13 July 2003 . 20 November 2022 .
  4. Web site: Watch and listen: Tullamore Farm – a new venture for the Irish Farmers Journal. 2020-06-10. www.farmersjournal.ie. en.
  5. News: Miller . Steven . 24 May 2017 . Laois gardening legend Lilly Champ features in Bloom video . Laois Today . 2022-11-20.
  6. Web site: Winners 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181117063254/http://journalismawards.ie/previous-winners/winners-2018/. 17 November 2018 . journalismawards.ie . Digital Excellence Winner: Irish Farmers Journal .
  7. Web site: Media Awards 2017: Irish Farmers Journal Named Media Brand of the Year . adworld.ie . 21 April 2017 . 20 November 2022 .