Farmers' Almanac saying goodbye after more than 200 years in publication

[DrQ]

Farmers' Almanac saying goodbye after more than 200 years in publication​

Since 1818, people have relied on the Farmers' Almanac for when to plant crops and when the "best days" were to wean animals, potty-train children or go fishing.​

Farmers' Almanac saying goodbye after more than 200 years in publication

It's the end of an era — the Farmers' Almanac's final edition will be released in 2026, after 208 years in publication.

www.foxweather.com

 

[Pennytx]

What a shame

 

[ScoopKona]

Their weather predictions were about as accurate as flipping a coin.

They can join buggy whips, corset stays, telegrams, and those big horkin' stone "coins" on Yap island.

 

[easyrider]

The Farmers Almanac's best time to go fishing was mostly wrong. With the Old Farmers Almanac, which is the one I buy and still in business, the best time to fishing wasn't as wrong, lol. The Old Farmers Almanac uses satellite data for weather forecasting for 18 zones. The Farmers Almanac uses a special formula of folksy science to forecast 7 zones.

Both of these Almanacs are the right size page for an outhouse, lol.

Bill

 

[sponger76]

The Farmers Almanac's best time to go fishing was mostly wrong. With the Old Farmers Almanac, which is the one I buy and still in business, the best time to fishing wasn't as wrong, lol. The Old Farmers Almanac uses satellite data for weather forecasting for 18 zones. The Farmers Almanac uses a special formula of folksy science to forecast 7 zones.

Both of these Almanacs are the right size page for an outhouse, lol.

Bill

Honestly surprised that either of them are/were still in business this long. You'd get just as accurate a forecast every year going to a fortune teller.

 

[jp10558]

Oh whew - I was worried it was the "Old Farmers Almanac" - which always seemed more accurate to me. We always used to buy it to get a feel for how the winter was going to be. The problem is I think they started putting their forecasts online so - why buy it? The other stuff in it was I guess a slightly fun diversion, some of the ads were vaguely interesting, but I do agree that there's not a lot of usefulness beyond the forecast, and that was always a bit limited.

I don't know where my mom gets her "they're saying it's going to be a bad winter" from, but it's not from buying the Almanac anymore. And that was about 90% of the "value".

I guess this is one of those things that I take comfort in knowing exists while I've stopped using it years ago. Weird.

 

[easyrider]

Honestly surprised that either of them are/were still in business this long. You'd get just as accurate a forecast every year going to a fortune teller.

Me too on being surprised either are still around. I see these occasionally at Lowes when I'm checking out but I don't buy them. Years ago my father in law use to give me the Almanac's. They were always wrong but interesting. When I mentioned this to my wife she just laughed and said he gave me his old ones.

Bill

 

[easyrider]

We always used to buy it to get a feel for how the winter was going to be

Same here. Especially when I was into snowmobiling.

Bill

 

[Carolinian]

These almanacs were mildly entertaining but their versions of long range weather tended to be questionable. Following things like the alternating El Nino / La Nina cycles can give a lot of general seasonal information, but nothing can predict daily weather far in advance. Heck the weather bureau often has enough problems with the next day's weather.

 

[bizaro86]

The Farmers Almanac's best time to go fishing was mostly wrong. With the Old Farmers Almanac, which is the one I buy and still in business, the best time to fishing wasn't as wrong, lol. The Old Farmers Almanac uses satellite data for weather forecasting for 18 zones. The Farmers Almanac uses a special formula of folksy science to forecast 7 zones.

Both of these Almanacs are the right size page for an outhouse, lol.

Bill

There were TWO farmer's almanacs?

What a world.

 

[easyrider]

There were TWO farmer's almanacs?

What a world.

It gets better. There is a Canadian Old Farmers Almanac too. In the past , the Canadian version was the Millers Farmers Almanac. There use to be a hole in the Almanac's to hang it in the outhouse. I guess it was better than a corn cob or pine cone, lol.

Bill

 

[bizaro86]

It gets better. There is a Canadian Old Farmers Almanac too. In the past , the Canadian version was the Millers Farmers Almanac. There use to be a hole in the Almanac's to hang it in the outhouse. I guess it was better than a corn cob or pine cone, lol.

Bill

I've seen the Canadian one in stores in the past. I always sort of assumed it was the same (by the same publisher) as the US one with just the regions substituted. I've never actually looked at one.

 

[WinniWoman]

There were TWO farmer's almanacs?

What a world.

Yes. The one going out of business is from Maine. The Old Farmers Almanac is still in business and is out of New Hampshire.