Farmer's Weekly

Here's to another 113 years!

n March every year, we celebrate the anniversary. The first issue was launched in 1911, making the publication a whole 113 years old this year. Since its inception, the mandate has been to educate and inform; this is still the mandate of the publication today, and is a role that we take very seriously.

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