Author Topic: Farmers Guardian, vs Farmers Weekly, vs Smallholder mags? (Read 5174 times)

farmershort · « **on:** August 11, 2016, 10:52:50 am »

What do you subscribe to, or most often buy?

I spent my early twenties being told that farmers guardian was for proper livestock farmers, and farmers weekly was for posh boys, gentleman farmers, and arable folk.

Having recently picked up the first copy of FG that I've bought in years, and after getting over the new magazine-size shock, I noticed it's very north focused, with a bit of wales.

I'm down in Devon, and I didn't see a single south-west sale listed.

given that we're smallholders not farmer, I'm now wondering whether subject-coverage and geographic-coverage might be better in one of the more modern smallholder mags.

thoughts?

Fleecewife · « **Reply #1 on:** August 11, 2016, 11:43:44 am »

Scottish Farmer.

Very occasionally one of the smallholding mags, if there's an interesting or relevant article, but not for local info.

My Dad used to get the Farmers Weekly but we never do, nor do we get the Farmers Guardian.

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #2 on:** August 11, 2016, 02:01:49 pm »

Always farmers guardian, farmers weekly is ok, but I can sell stuff more easily through the FG and there is always a fascinating article for crops or a farmer doing a speciality product.

SallyintNorth · « **Reply #3 on:** August 11, 2016, 03:25:18 pm »

The farmer here gets Scottish Farmer. When I lived in Devon I used to get Farmers Weekly because FG was so north-oriented. Now I'm near Carlisle, FG isn't north enough! Lol

Foobar · « **Reply #4 on:** August 11, 2016, 03:42:40 pm »

None. All overpriced. Sometimes read the headlines on FWI or FGInsight, but find really that most of the new research and info etc can be found elsewhere for free.

Learnt more from this and the farming forum, plus HCCMPW, SAC, SCOPS, Nadis, Eblex websites etc all for free.

Buttermilk · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2016, 04:19:46 pm »

I subscribe to Farmers Guardian. It used to only cover the Northwest but now covers a greater area. Farmers Weekly got really boring so I stopped reading it many years ago. I pick up the freebies at the mart. When we were milking cows I got the Dairy Farmer but once out of milk it was not really of use to us. Once many, many moons ago I got the Smallholder magazine but we were too big an enterprise to get much out of it.

dr241000 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 11, 2016, 06:03:01 pm »

I've subscribed to Country Smallholding and Practical Poultry. Both are very good and informative.

devonlady · « **Reply #7 on:** August 11, 2016, 06:12:20 pm »

My dad used to have Farmer and Stockbreeder, who is old enough to remember that!

shep53 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 11, 2016, 07:04:05 pm »

Loved the Farmer and Stockbreeder a real magazine , obviously the Scottish Farmer for me but I buy the FG occasionally for the excellent articles .

nutterly_uts · « **Reply #9 on:** August 11, 2016, 09:29:34 pm »

Quote from: dr241000 on August 11, 2016, 06:03:01 pm

I've subscribed to Country Smallholding and Practical Poultry. Both are very good and informative.

Same

Picked up another one recently (Smalholder Weekly maybe) and it wasn't nearly as good

Carse Goodlifers · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2016, 09:59:22 pm »

I get the online versions of FW and the SF (both actually through my work) but I prefer the SF out of the two publications.
I buy a FG perhaps a handful of times in the year.

Victorian Farmer · « **Reply #11 on:** August 11, 2016, 11:03:46 pm »

I do like the mags ,so I have the digital versions about 6 or 7 and also farmers lamp and some others I help with etc .I also think that this is very good for projects meat and eggs etc . Its a pitey that some forums carnt be kept in like acrabat reader when problems acoure.