Farmers’ Almanac said recently that its 2026 edition will be its last because of increasing financial challenges.

Access to the online version will end next month.

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The Maine-based publication, which is 208 years old, is younger than the Old Farmer’s Almanac in neighbouring New Hampshire which was first printed in 1818. For centuries it has used a secret formula based on sunspots, planetary positions and lunar cycles to generate long-range weather forecasts.

The almanac also contains gardening tips, trivia, jokes and natural remedies, like catnip as a pain reliever or elderberry syrup as an immune booster. But its weather forecasts make the most headlines.

“It is with a heavy heart that we share the end of what has not only been an annual tradition in millions of hom

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