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. As of October 2019, it reportedly had a weekly readership of 263,000. 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.
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | The Agricultural Trust |
| Editor | Jack Kennedy |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Headquarters | Irish Farm Centre, Bluebell, Dublin 12 |
| City | Dublin |
| Country | ireland |
| ISSN | 2009-4604 |
| Website | farmersjournal |
It 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 it with the ability to make significant investments in editorial content. An example of this is Tullamore Farm, 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.