Decline of the Farmers Journal

It has been in decline for years, especially, since Matt left as editor. Hopefully Jack can make a go of it, give him time. The quality of reporting is so poor, grammar is bad, headlines are very misleading, no substance to articles. I only buy it the odd time, waste of money.

Ya don't work for Agriland do ya?

I don't. I was only pulling yer leg cos it reads like a promotional piece for Agriland!

I look at both. I'd say the IFJ have a much broader coverage of things. If you follow both publications on twitter, the IFJ often link to more stuff that Agriland doesn't bother to cover. Maybe I'm looking at a perspective of things I'd have an interest in, but it is something I've noticed.

I don't use the IFJ app. Can't comment on that.

Agriland website is easier navigate but it's far from perfect. Switching URLs as you scroll down is a pain in the hole if you want to share the original article. By time yer at the bottom of it the URL has changed to the next story that's loaded so you end up sharing the wrong URL (if you do work for them, there's free feedback!). The IFJ website isn't as easy navigate, and the subscription thing is a pain in the hole, though can be worked around in some cases. Even some articles require you to sign in to read, which when you do sign in either a) redirects you to the home page or b) makes no odds and asks you to sign in. The site needs a lot of usability improvements in my view.

I think both have their place and Agriland has a better user experience, but the IFJ more content.

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I don't know if I'd say that. Agriland would need to up their game. The IFJ is pretty big and have people attending all sorts of things and are being fed information from all sorts of places. Agriland is way way behind in terms of access to information, or they aren't arsed going to get it and publishing it

It has its place & still appeals to a certain cohort of readers.

The father here still looks forward to it every week & the country living section my mother still reads.

In the age of click bait & so much information (right or wrong) available on line I hope it stays going & esp in print form

Your original "befitting" name for paper is wide of the mark, yes some of the items are repetitive in nature but still have a value imo.

Agriland is ok but alot of articles are sponsored.....I wouldn't be so quick to call the demise of the ifj just yet...it is a v established brand name

I don't really read the IFJ as i'm not a farmer any more, OH gets it online and I'd read potterton or Karen mc cabe if they were on

At the moment IFJ is more sustainable than most of the farms in the country, They are unsubsidised and provide proper employment, they work hard and divert some of their profits back to their readers education.

Ya were going good in the thread but saying McCullagh doesn't have any bias is bull as far as I'm concerned

Experiment #1.

Kerry dairy farmers..

Discuss.😁

€3.60

They have the offer now for €199 and they'll post it every week plus give ya Tullamore Show tickets and a body warmer

I just took up that offer. Myself and the parents read it so it gets good usage. It was the two tullamore tickets that really sold it for me, plus the fact I have one receipt now for the accountant whereas before I wouldn’t have sent in any.

for all the bashing about it I have to say I missed reading it for a 7 or 8 weeks earlier this year and I found I was out of the loop a bit. Definitely some articles are page fillers but obviously anyone can pick and choose what to read.

im reading it here at the moment with a cuppa and looking out at the wind and rain, and it’s not an hour wasted I feel

Is it Jack Kennedy the lad in the Celtic tiger to invest off farm and buy apartments in far flung places.

To be fair, I mostly agree with the OP.

I find very little of relevance to me in the Journal anymore and feel conned anytime I waste my money buying a copy.

I also find Agriland and the Indo Tuesday supplement better. I've a sub to the Indo simply for that, (because the rest of it is very poor to average)

In general I find the Journal to be Teagasc/IFA propaganda more so than actual news.

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Are you the postman in kerry with all the kerry shares?

Stopped buying the newspaper when Jack Kennedy took over as editor. Went downhill quick. Bring back the last guy.

When they had the 2 men on the front page of the country living section of the newspaper I think that was very telling. I used buy the farmers journal to read about farming. Don’t know why they’d to make it about that stuff

Is the Farmers Journal a heterosexuals only paper? There are gay people in rural Ireland and gay farmers too so why shouldn't the IFJ cover them? Some of you clearly have a problem with that.

But I'm sure it has plenty of photos of heterosexual farmers with their spouses - do you have a problem with that?

On the dairygold one. It isn't an either/or. If they don't give a good milk price it isn't because they support the gays. It should be perfectly possible for them to give a good milk price to farmers and show support for gay suppliers/workers/customers. That you are conflating the two says more about you.