Agriland Team

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...

Poll: What can’t you live without on your tractor during the silly season?
Poll: What can’t you live without on your tractor during the silly season?

Farmers and contractors spend a lot of time in the cab of a tractor during the year, especially during the...

A wealth of vintage in the south-east this weekend
A wealth of vintage in the south-east this weekend

There will be two promising vintage shows taking place this Sunday, July 23, in the south-east of the country. Silage...

Lords welcomes EU commitment to avoid hard border
Lords welcomes EU commitment to avoid hard border

The UK’s House of Lords EU Committee has described itself as “heartened” by the commitment of the European Council and...

Northern Ireland a hotspot for poultry mega farms
Northern Ireland a hotspot for poultry mega farms

Northern Ireland is one of the UK’s most prominent regions for the intensive farming of poultry, according to reports. There...

Brexit: More important for UK to get special food deal with Spain than Ireland
Brexit: More important for UK to get special food deal with Spain than Ireland

The UK would be better off securing a special trade deal on food with Spain than with Ireland, according to...

New high-capacity Smyth trailer employs ‘forced’ steering system
New high-capacity Smyth trailer employs ‘forced’ steering system

Irish-based manufacturer Smyth Trailers has just released a new, high-capacity silage trailer to “service the needs of modern day agricultural...

Cost of rural crime rises 13% in Northern Ireland
Cost of rural crime rises 13% in Northern Ireland

Rural crime in Northern Ireland cost the UK economy £2.7 million (€3 million) in 2015 alone, according to the most...

JCB machines drafted in for British Grand Prix
JCB machines drafted in for British Grand Prix

At the weekend’s British Formula One (F1) Grand Prix in Silverstone (won by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton), 14 JCB Loadall telehandlers...

Volvo hybrid loading shovel ‘boosts fuel efficiency by 50%’
Volvo hybrid loading shovel ‘boosts fuel efficiency by 50%’

Volvo CE (Construction Equipment) has been busy testing its new LX1 prototype electric hybrid wheel loader. The firm claims that...

Armstrong to host NH tillage day to celebrate landmark occasion
Armstrong to host NH tillage day to celebrate landmark occasion

Armstrong Machinery will celebrate 40 years of selling New Holland machinery tomorrow, July 15, with a ‘Harvest and Tillage Day’...

If the season’s so busy why not live in your silage wagon?
If the season’s so busy why not live in your silage wagon?

This (Pottinger) silage wagon themed caravan was spotted by an AgriLand reader recently; one wonders if some farmers, contractors or members of...