Agriland Team

‘Monster Tillage Demo Day’ kicks off this Friday in Carlow
‘Monster Tillage Demo Day’ kicks off this Friday in Carlow

Carlow-based machinery dealer, Kellys of Borris, will hold a ‘Monster Tillage Demo Day’, showcasing its range of Horsch and Dal-bo...

John Deere strikes a deal with Vaderstad
John Deere strikes a deal with Vaderstad

Deere & Company said today (July 25) that it has signed an agreement to cooperate with Vaderstad to sell its...

UK trade secretary slams ‘obsession’ with chlorinated chicken in post-Brexit deal
UK trade secretary slams ‘obsession’ with chlorinated chicken in post-Brexit deal

The UK’s Secretary of State for International Trade, Liam Fox, has blasted the media for its “obsession” with chlorinated chicken...

Pics: Rare vintage makes serious money across the water
Pics: Rare vintage makes serious money across the water

Cheffins, which regularly attracts Irish buyers to its auctions, held its ‘Cambridge Vintage Sale’ earlier in the month on Saturday,...

NI college announces awards feat and details of Careers Advice Event
NI college announces awards feat and details of Careers Advice Event

Nine former pupils of Drumglass High School Dungannon graduated together at the recent awards day at CAFRE (College of Agriculture, Food...

Farmer’s death spurs son to issue safety warning
Farmer’s death spurs son to issue safety warning

Farmers are not invulnerable and have to pace themselves – this was the message of Aidan O’Neill following the death...

Irish Merlo distributor appoints new sales rep to grow market share
Irish Merlo distributor appoints new sales rep to grow market share

McHale Plant Sales, the distributor for the Merlo brand in Ireland, has appointed John Cahill as its new sales representative...

Video: Header trailer ‘cuts no corners’ in transportation
Video: Header trailer ‘cuts no corners’ in transportation

Transporting the header of a combine harvester, along with the combine itself, can often prove to be something of a...

On-site tractor and machinery auctions ‘proving profitable’ across the water
On-site tractor and machinery auctions ‘proving profitable’ across the water

Auction company Cheffins, which is best known here in Ireland for its huge monthly tractor and machinery sales across the...

UK farm subsidies to be dealt out on ‘environmental merit’ after Brexit
UK farm subsidies to be dealt out on ‘environmental merit’ after Brexit

The UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will outline the future of income support for...

New Holland launches updated ‘specialist’ tractor range
New Holland launches updated ‘specialist’ tractor range

Multinational agricultural machinery manufacturer New Holland has announced the launch of its new T4 FNV tractors. While the “specialist” tractor is...

How much are contractors charging for harvesting cereals?
How much are contractors charging for harvesting cereals?

With harvesting underway in many areas around the country, AgriLand decided to find out what agricultural contractors are charging for cutting...

New tractor registrations down 12.5% for first 6 months of 2017
New tractor registrations down 12.5% for first 6 months of 2017

Registrations of new tractors are well down on the same period of last year, according to statistics for the first...

Pics: Tractor cab destroyed in slurry tanker mishap
Pics: Tractor cab destroyed in slurry tanker mishap

This poor tractor driver in Wales was left soaked after a sight glass broke on the front of a slurry tanker,...

July hosts south-west and midlands vintage runs
July hosts south-west and midlands vintage runs

Vintage enthusiasts will be congregating in south-west Limerick as the Tournafulla and District Vintage Club hosts its annual vintage day this Sunday,...

Majority of British farmers lack reliable mobile signal
Majority of British farmers lack reliable mobile signal

The vast majority of farmers in England and Wales do not have a reliable mobile phone signal, with broadband speeds...

Pics: Tri-axle wagon is a ‘weapon of grass destruction’
Pics: Tri-axle wagon is a ‘weapon of grass destruction’

Austrian grass and tillage equipment manufacturer Pottinger is currently undertaking a nationwide demo tour of Ireland with its Jumbo Combiline...

Antrim farmer charged £5,000 for waste offences
Antrim farmer charged £5,000 for waste offences

A farmer from Co. Antrim was fined £5,000 (€5,647) for four breaches of waste management legislation by Coleraine Magistrates Court on...