The End Times - Farmers Almanac to stop publishing

[rareboy]

Something. I didn't think would happen in my lifetime.

The end of the Almanac. We have 40 years worth of them...and have given them as Christmas presents every year to a lot of folks.

Sic transit gloria mundi....

Farmers’ Almanac Saved Under New Ownership, 208-Year Tradition Continues

Brooklyn Heights, NY – January 28, 2026. In a move to preserve an important piece of American heritage, the historic Farmers’ Almanac has been acquired

www.farmersalmanac.com

 

[BiBtm64]

Sad times to see a passing of a tradition, another victim of modern times.

I notice a key difference in the two covers. Maybe there were irreconcilable differences on where to put the apostrophe Is it Farmer's Almanac or Farmers' Almanac? Are there multiple farmers, or just one?

 

[Franco Verum]

What I always found interesting is that is used a "mysterious method" to make it's predictions. Now that it's shuttering, I wonder if they'll explain how they did it?

 

[unloadonme]

I notice a key difference in the two covers. Maybe there were irreconcilable differences on where to put the apostrophe Is it Farmer's Almanac or Farmers' Almanac? Are there multiple farmers, or just one?

 

[Kahaih]

Something. I didn't think would happen in my lifetime.

The end of the Almanac. We have 40 years worth of them...and have given them as Christmas presents every year to a lot of folks.

Sic transit gloria mundi....

Farmers’ Almanac Saved Under New Ownership, 208-Year Tradition Continues

Brooklyn Heights, NY – January 28, 2026. In a move to preserve an important piece of American heritage, the historic Farmers’ Almanac has been acquired

www.farmersalmanac.com

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Look closely;

There is 'The Farmers' Almanac'.

And then there is 'The Old Farmer's Almanac'

It's the orange one that is closing shop, not the old-fashioned looking yellow one.

'The Old Farmer's Almanac' will remain in business.

 

[Araucaria]

My father gave me a copy of The Old Farmer's Almanac back in the 1970s, and I have to admit that I wasn't impressed. They claim they can predict the weather for every day in the upcoming year in every part of the country when the U. S. Weather Service can't get it right two days in advance? Yeah, right.

Postscript. Since they kept crowing about how accurate their forecasts are, I decided to check them out to see how they did? Kind of like reading your horoscope a week later and seeing how they got it completely wrong. Well, Florida had some of their coldest weather ever in January 1977, and wouldn't you know it, the Farmer's Almanac completely missed it, predicting warm weather.

 

[Kahaih]

/\ I trust that since the seventies you have learnt not to take such things so seriously. LOL

I'm sure most people understand that the publication is primarily for entertainment purposes.

 

[USEDCAR]

They were always wrong.

I remember a few times they said we was going to have a bad winter and its the oppisite.