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Posted on 11/08/2025 3:10:02 AM PST by fwdude
After publishing for more than two centuries, Farmers’ Almanac will release its final edition in 2026, according to the Associated Press. The decision was announced Thursday by the Maine-based publication, which first printed in 1818.
“It is with a heavy heart,” Editor Sandi Duncan said in a statement, “that we share the end of what has not only been an annual tradition in millions of homes and hearths for hundreds of years, but also a way of life, an inspiration for many who realize the wisdom of generations past is the key to the generations of the future.”
Publishers cited the ongoing financial problems with producing and distributing the book in the current “chaotic media environment” as the cause for the closure. The online version of the almanac will cease next month.
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Robb Sagendorph published The Old Farmer’s Almanac and Yankee magazine out of Dublin, New Hampshire. It is still publishing both. I’m pretty sure Robb is gone now, but he was there when I was in school in the 60s.
So, the original is MORE than 200 years old?
How did they get past copyright infringement on the titles?
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