Agriland Team

Defra announces £200 million boost for rural broadband and investment
Defra announces £200 million boost for rural broadband and investment

The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has unveiled a £200 million (€223 million) package for the...

Video: 4,000ac Murragh Farm hitting yields of 4.5t/ac
Video: 4,000ac Murragh Farm hitting yields of 4.5t/ac

The harvesting of winter barley was coming to an end on Murragh Farm in Oldtown, Co. Dublin earlier this week. The...

Case New Holland revenue rises to nearly €6 billion
Case New Holland revenue rises to nearly €6 billion

Case New Holland Industrial (CNHI) has seen its revenue rise by almost 3% year-on-year to $6.9 billion (€5.89 billion) for...

Striking gold with an oil farm enterprise
Striking gold with an oil farm enterprise

A Limavady woman developed a rapeseed oil enterprise after a meal to celebrate her first pregnancy and the completion of...

The biggest CVT-equipped tractor in the world
The biggest CVT-equipped tractor in the world

Machinery giant Case IH is set to introduce a new Quadtrac CVX line-up, bringing its continuously-variable transmission (CVT) to its big...

Ex-farming union leader appointed to global food institute at Queen’s
Ex-farming union leader appointed to global food institute at Queen’s

The former President of the Ulster Farmers’ Union, Ian Marshall, has been appointed as Business Development Manager at the Institute for...

JCB gets order for 1,200 machines in €60 million deal
JCB gets order for 1,200 machines in €60 million deal

JCB has received an order for over 1,200 machines and a range of generators, valued at more than £55 million...

How much does baling straw cost this year?
How much does baling straw cost this year?

With the time of year that’s in it, AgriLand decided to ask agricultural contractors how much they are charging to...

FTMTA membership ‘growing’ as more dealers join its ranks
FTMTA membership ‘growing’ as more dealers join its ranks

The FTMTA (Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association) has announced that its membership is growing; three new companies have just...

Auction: Is this classy Massey, in like-new condition, worth £18,000?
Auction: Is this classy Massey, in like-new condition, worth £18,000?

Across the Irish Sea, Cheffins’ Harrogate Vintage Sale will celebrate its 20th year with a “stand-out” auction on Saturday, August...

Sprayer Demo Day scheduled for next week in Waterford
Sprayer Demo Day scheduled for next week in Waterford

Suir Sprayers will hold a ‘demo day’ for Lemken sprayers next Tuesday, August 1, in Ballygunner, Co. Waterford, from 10:00am to...

Pics: Auction of fresh machinery in Tullamore today
Pics: Auction of fresh machinery in Tullamore today

A machinery auction is scheduled to take place later today (Thursday, July 27) at GVM Tullamore Livestock Mart, Tullamore, Co....

Turkish tractors on their way to Fermanagh
Turkish tractors on their way to Fermanagh

Thurles-based Hattat importer and distributor, Billy O’Dwyer (BOD) Machinery, will showcase examples of its Turkish tractors at the Fermanagh County Show,...

Update: How much are contractors charging to harvest grain?
Update: How much are contractors charging to harvest grain?

With harvesting around Ireland in full swing, AgriLand asked what agricultural contractors are charging for combine harvesting cereal crops in 2017....

Case New Holland in ‘deep’ with Hyundai
Case New Holland in ‘deep’ with Hyundai

Hyundai Construction Equipment (HCE) made the announcement this week that it expects to build 2,200 mini-excavators for CNH (Case New...

3,000 NI farmers sign up for soil sampling scheme
3,000 NI farmers sign up for soil sampling scheme

Almost 3,000 livestock farmers in Northern Ireland have registered for the soil sampling and analysis scheme from the Department of...

Video: Winter barley harvest wraps up in north Co. Dublin
Video: Winter barley harvest wraps up in north Co. Dublin

Just 20km north of the capital, Derek Keeling and his father Derek senior farm 350ha in Oldtown, Co. Dublin. Derek...

Volvo on the up after sales growth of 36%
Volvo on the up after sales growth of 36%

Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) has announced a 36% increase in sales for the second quarter of 2017, compared to the...