Farmers Guardian

Farmers Guardian
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Agriconnect
Founder(s)Joseph Livesey
EditorBen Briggs[1]
News editorOlivia Midgley[1]
Staff writersAlex Black
(Head of business) Jenny Jefferies
(Writer)
Founded10 February 1844
Websitefginsight.com

Farmers Guardian is a weekly newspaper aimed at the British farming industry. It provides comprehensive and topical news with Livestock, Arable and Machinery sections; as well as business information and latest market prices. It is sold nationally and is published each Friday. Based in Preston, Lancashire, it was for many years owned by United Business Media but it, and sister title Pulse, were sold to UK business-to-business publisher AgriBriefing in February 2012 in a deal worth £10 million.[2]

Related products in include: Dairy Farmer, Arable Farming and the website www.fginsight.com. The website was launched in February 2015, and includes sections on news, arable, livestock, and machinery.[3]

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  2. ^ "UBM plc disposes of UK titles for £10.0m" (Press release). UBM plc. 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. ^ Farmers Guardian