Irish Farmers Journal

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

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

Irish Farmers Journal
TypeWeekly
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)The Agricultural Trust
EditorJustin McCarthy
Founded1948 (1948)
HeadquartersIrish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12
CityDublin
Countryireland
ISSN2009-4604
Websitefarmersjournal.ie

It employs 90 people and is owned by The Agricultural Trust which also owns The Irish Field. The Irish Farmers Journal is the only agricultural publication which operates as a legal Trust.

Its ownership structure provides the Journal the ability to make significant investments in editorial content. An example of this is Tullamore Farm,[3] a model farm designed to test farming practices to improve efficiency.

Awards
Awards won by The Farmer's Journal
Award Year Organisation
Digital Excellence Award 2018 Newsbrands Ireland
Media Brand of the Year 2017 Newsbrands Ireland

References
  1. AdWorld (25 October 2019). "Irish Farmers Journal Grows Print Readership by 8,000 to 263,000". AdWorld.ie. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  2. "Circulation".
  3. "Watch and listen: Tullamore Farm – a new venture for the Irish Farmers Journal". www.farmersjournal.ie. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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