It mainly publishes articles related to agricultural policies, best farming practices and methods, and other issues of Lithuanian farmers.
[3] Valstiečių laikraštis was not published between June 1941 and October 1944 due to the German occupation of Lithuania during World War II.
[1] According to Michael MacQueen, the newspaper "won notoriety for publishing antisemitic articles" during the trial of the Lithuanian Holocaust perpetrator Aleksandras Lileikis.
The newspaper also published Lileikis' memoir, Pažadinto Laiko Pėdsakais (In the footsteps of times past) in 2000.
[5] The new owners had connections with the Labour Party[7] and reportedly attempted to force the journalists to become independent contractors or accept cash pay without declaring it to tax authorities.