Why do people call The Farmers Journal "The Rag"

locky76

Pardon my ignorance but why do people call The Farmer's Journal "The Rag"?
To me it seems like an essential, well researched & balanced source for all farmers (although in fairness the love in with the IFA, Macra, Department & Teagasc is annoying at times...)
Anyway I think it's a bit unfair & maybe inverted snobbery to be calling it the rag, any thoughts welcome;)

Cran

My father and his friends call it 'The Truth', ironically obviously he says it earned the nickname years ago but says its much better in recent years

sh1tstirrer

Remember back in the celtic tiger years when the farmers journal were pushing investment outside the farm :rolleyes: It was the in thing but ended in tears for many. I never before heard anyone calling it the rag.

grumpyfarmer

My vet always refers to it as the moaners gazette....

Black Smoke

locky76 wrote: »

Pardon my ignorance but why do people call The Farmer's Journal "The Rag"?
To me it seems like an essential, well researched & balanced source for all farmers (although in fairness the love in with the IFA, Macra, Department & Teagasc is annoying at times...)
Anyway I think it's a bit unfair & maybe inverted snobbery to be calling it the rag, any thoughts welcome;)

I only refer to it as the rag, on this forum as this is the only place I hear it called that:p
In fact I think it's a fairly good paper. Put it this way, Thursday wouldn't be the same without it:D It gets a good auld read, and the wife is forever giving out, that I hang on to them too long. :cool:

Manoffeeling

Try farming without it.

bbam

Sometimes its alot of fillers...
Wasn't the article on CAP reform, including the graphics repeated twice/three times in the last 4/5 publications..

There are some useful pulluts... shed & yard designs and the like..

Overall its interesting reading, and like any advice it has to be suitable for your operation rather than trying to blindly mimic what is in there..

My father always called it "The Bible." He has to get it every week. Even when he is on holidays, he makes sure someone will buy it for him. And he never throws them out, he has hundreds of them.

awaywithyou

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My father always called it "The Bible." He has to get it every week. And he never throws them out, he has hundreds of them.

this sounds familiar!

i see justin mc is still around.... only he aint slating the factories anymore... surprise surprise...

think that many farmers have been turned off justin for turning his back on them and getting into bed with the factories...

pakalasa

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... And he never throws them out, he has hundreds of them.

I'm not alone so....:D. When I'm reading it, I write the page no to keep, on the front cover. After a few weeks, often months, I cut out the pages to keep. I've a mad collection at this stage. Must get the cuttings sorted some day.

49801

I've heard it called 'the comic' too.

had a conversion with our vet a couple of years ago and was telling them about a particularly large calf the dam of which i was getting to wet adopt another calf. The vet said the large calf sounded like a 'real farmers journal calf' that took 1.5l by tube and stood up straight away to drink a further 1.5l. It was some sight... but it just dont happen like the way the comic discribes it should all the time

Sam Kade

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Try farming without it.

I have been farming without it for the last 6 years. Before that I was hoarding them, I have journals going back to to early 90s:eek: I use the internet for any farming info now:)