It’s both a privilege and an honour to be appointed the fifth editor of the Irish Farmers Journal. I follow in the big footsteps of those who came before me.

The Irish Farmers Journal has an unbelievably dedicated team who are focused on producing high-quality, informed, unique and accurate content for our weekly readers in our print products and our ever-expanding digital offering to our daily audience.

Our mission in the Irish Farmers Journal is to inform, educate and entertain every day across all our communication channels including print, online, podcast and video.

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This means continuous development and evolution in the way we communicate with our audience, and this is only possible with the support we receive every week from our dedicated audience.

Irish agriculture is facing multiple challenges such as sustainability, new EU policy, changing global trade patterns and increasing price volatility, but within those challenges will also lie opportunities for our industry in the years that lie ahead.

As editor of the Irish Farmers Journal, I give you my commitment that we will continue to invest in bringing you the very best technical advice, market analysis, news stories and informed opinion in relation to farming, food and rural matters.

Thank you for your continued support, and if you have any feedback or suggestions on something you would like to see in the Irish Farmers Journal or how we could improve our coverage, please get in touch with me at awoods@farmersjournal.ie