Farm Show Magazine?

[MitchellB]

Does anyone have any experience with this magazine? Like it?

I got a offer in the mail yesterday to subscribe to FARM SHOW bi-monthly magazine and it looks interesting. However, I have never heard of it before or read/seen an issue. I know many people consider print to be dead but I still enjoy reading a good magazine or book from time to time (however I have to wear print magnifiers now). Any opinions on this magazine?

FARM SHOW - Home

 

[treefarmerguy]

I've been a subscriber for years and find it to be an interesting read. From ideas and inventions to best and worst buys it's quite interesting.

 

[DHD]

I subscribed to it for 2 or 3 years.
As treefarmerguy has stated, the best and worst buys was pretty interesting, there was a joke section that was ok too.
I like it a lot the first year or two.
I lost interest in reading it after awhile, maybe because it didn't seem like new info to me anymore. Not really repetitive, but just too much like the other articles I'd already read in previous issues.
I do recommend trying at least one yearly subscription though, you'll probably like it.

 

[japody]

Most of the articles are posted by or about people that have made interesting and useful gadgets or upgrades to equipment. I feel that if I get just 1 or 2 ideas that I can use, it is a plus. In addition, a subscription entitles you to access their entire library online. Includes all of their back issues. So, yes I like it!

 

[Big Barn]

I subscribed to it for 2 or 3 years. As treefarmerguy has stated, the best and worst buys was pretty interesting, there was a joke section that was ok too. I like it a lot the first year or two. I lost interest in reading it after awhile, maybe because it didn't seem like new info to me anymore. Not really repetitive, but just too much like the other articles I'd already read in previous issues. I do recommend trying at least one yearly subscription though, you'll probably like it.

Interestingly enough this is pretty much exactly the way I feel about it. I'm pretty sure most members would really enjoy it for at least the first year. After that it could go either way. Being the picky b@st@rd that I am I now find some of the articles annoying. But then that's just me......

Terry

 

[Rustyiron]

I rip through each issue as soon as it arrives! You'll like it.

 

[caver]

I dropped my subscription after a year or two. A bit like many popular comedians..... see them once, go to their show two years later and it's the same show with a few new bits thrown in.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I like it, some good ideas here and there. I subscribe to Lancaster Farming as well.

 

[Xfaxman]

Does anyone have any experience with this magazine? Like it?

I got a offer in the mail yesterday to subscribe to FARM SHOW bi-monthly magazine and it looks interesting. However, I have never heard of it before or read/seen an issue. I know many people consider print to be dead but I still enjoy reading a good magazine or book from time to time (however I have to wear print magnifiers now). Any opinions on this magazine?

FARM SHOW - Home

They have been around for about 40 Years, must be doing something right! :thumbsup:

I was a subscriber for many years, dropped it after I got my first computer, So many Websites, so little time.

I do have their DVD. FARM SHOW - Books

 

[MitchellB]

I think I'll pull the trigger on this and get it back in the mail tomorrow since it is only $15 a year (for 2 years). Thanks for all the input!

 

[hslogger]

I have been getting the hard copy for years.
When I get done with them lend them to a couple other guys, and then when I get a pile I don't want anymore I drop them off at the parts house, gas station, anyplace. I always get good ideas, see some cool stuff and don't think I will ever get sick of it.

 

[930ck]

Been subscribing to Farm Show since around 1978 and have saved every issue. Some of the ideas are good some aren't, but still find it interesting. After over 35 years it would be odd not getting the magazine.

 

[Big Barn]

I agree one can gain quite a few interesting ideas from the subscription. It's just that I can only read about how someone nailed empty coffee cans to the wall to use as parts bins so many times.

Old age does that to some of us. Well me anyway.

Terry

 

[MitchellB]

Thanks for all the replies. I subscribed to it and have gotten my first 2 issues. It does have some interesting stories and ideas. I'm enjoying it and pass the used issues on to my daddy in law who has been around farms, gardens, rural life and tractors much longer than me.