FARMERS WEEKLY
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M-J-G
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Considering it's a mainly English publication, and since even most Scottish sheep are clipped by mid July.
I would say they are very out of touch, but thays not really anything new.
As farming rags go, I would rate them in the following order.
Farmers Journal
Farmers Guardian
Farmers Weekly
Scottish Farmer
With the bottom two being equally poor.
I would say they are very out of touch, but thays not really anything new.
As farming rags go, I would rate them in the following order.
Farmers Journal
Farmers Guardian
Farmers Weekly
Scottish Farmer
With the bottom two being equally poor.
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Packed in with the farmers weekly and farmers guardian a few years ago....great saving in both extra cash and having to read all the adverts they get paid hansomly for
holywell farmer
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- holywell, north wales
Profi good machine magazine, apart from fact they promote fendt,,,,
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- south norfolk
Farmers guide at the top of the pile by miles and its free
Nick...
Nick...
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- south norfolk
This will always happen as its german based.if anything gets slagged of the manufacturers will no doubt be reluctant to loan machinery.in earthmovers magasine everything is highly praised probably due to the fact that advertising woukd stop if a negative report was given.jcb are allways given brilliant reveiws probably on the back of factory visits and demonstration machines available as and when.if all these reports were done by real operators there would be no machinery forthcoming especially from jcb as most operators slag them of continually
Nick...
It’s 90% adverts / advertorial ! Although to be fair they pretty much all are these days and what can we expect when they are free
CPM is about the only one I read these days and of course Direct Driller !
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- South Molton
Farmers Guardian was shocking this week...did a piece on round balers set up and maintenance. Have done over half my bales now...
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- South Molton
Take everything in magazines with pinch of salt and FW with very good dose
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- south norfolk
Direct driller looks good in the second issue.at the rate the content has expanded over the first issue im expecting the 4/5th issue to be like the old yellow pages.good effort to those producing it.thank you.im learning alot
Nick...
Nick...
How much
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- North East
Profi is pretty good , and out of all the magazines they are the best at leveling any criticism , there review of any machine always have both good and bad point and what can be improved usually along with the manufacturer's response to there criticism.
The tests they do with DLG state which is proven best in the figures derived from the testing not just what's assumed to be the case. They are as you state often FENDT but DLG are i would think above influence so if Fendt score highly it must i assume be be justified.
FMJ is also very good and also and on occasion level criticism where justified, not having access to testing of the type DLG do the reviews have to be more subjective , but the journalism is i think pretty good also.
Spudie
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- Ards C.Down
Tried farmers Guardian but cancelling as take out ads there's not much left. Farmers Journal top of my list
I only read FW because I pay for it. The free stuff I get like Arable Farmer & Crop Production is entirely written for those who have sponsored the articles. FW occasionally has some good material but it is worth looking at who has contributed to each article and what agenda they have.
Don’t think we will ever go beyond 100 pages or postage gets expensive
Unless we start printing on nasty lightweight bog paper like some seem to !
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
I'm in the Farmers Weekly this week, or maybe it was the week before, either way it obv means it is a very fine publication indeed....
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- Location
- Minehead,Somerset
I recieved the first DD magazine, is there more issues ??
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
They did a equally topical feature on combine reversing cameras in November last year.
Tarw Coch
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- Bottom of Wats Dyke
I also recall them printing an article on why dary farmers should be making an extra ton of silage per cow in the early spring, perhaps a good time for forward planning but towards the end of a long winter when silage stocks were extremely scarce it was 12 months too late.
I can’t remember the previous year but it wouldn’t surprise me if they were running articles then on not making too much silage and getting cows out to grass.
Everything’s easy with the benefit of hindsight, articles on what you should have done had you known how things are going to pan out are of little use for today’s problems, didn’t see any articles on preparing for drought in the spring, but you probably will next year.
I can’t remember the previous year but it wouldn’t surprise me if they were running articles then on not making too much silage and getting cows out to grass.
Everything’s easy with the benefit of hindsight, articles on what you should have done had you known how things are going to pan out are of little use for today’s problems, didn’t see any articles on preparing for drought in the spring, but you probably will next year.