Irish Farmers Journal
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The Irish Farmers Journal is a weekly farm newspaper sold in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. It is the best selling farm magazine in the country selling over 70,000 copies per week. Award winning journalists including Matt Dempsey, Justin McCarthy, Mairead Lavery, Pat O Keeffe, Jack Kennedy, Andy Doyle, Peter Young and Derek Casey bring you the key farming news each week.

Supplements

A different supplement is included in every edition, along with a Classifieds section which is published in every edition. For example, in June 2005, there was a supplement named Silage
Silage
Silage is fermented, high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants or used as a biofuel feedstock for anaerobic digesters. It is fermented and stored in a process called ensiling or silaging, and is usually made from grass crops, including corn , sorghum or other cereals, using the entire...

, to do with the silage
Silage
Silage is fermented, high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants or used as a biofuel feedstock for anaerobic digesters. It is fermented and stored in a process called ensiling or silaging, and is usually made from grass crops, including corn , sorghum or other cereals, using the entire...

 season
Season
A season is a division of the year, marked by changes in weather, ecology, and hours of daylight.Seasons result from the yearly revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of revolution...

. With every different week, there is a different supplement. Every year, there is a special edition about the National Ploughing Championships, one of the biggest agricultural events in Europe. It is often published in mid-September, to coincide with the beginning of the event
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....

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The "Irish Country Living" supplement covers many topics from gardening to health to education to music. Many well known journalists regularly display articles in it, Damien O'Reilly, Katherine O'Leary, Lily Champ, Gerry Daly and Margaret Hawkins to name but a few. It is edited by Mairead Lavery and sometimes by Maria Moynihan. It is accompanied by a glossy extra magazine four times a year.
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