Agriland Team

New ‘road-spec’ tractor tyre: Is this what contractors need?
New ‘road-spec’ tractor tyre: Is this what contractors need?

A ‘new generation’ of agricultural tyre – the RoadBib – has been launched by tyre manufacturer Michelin. It, says the company,...

New man heads up Zetor sales across Ireland
New man heads up Zetor sales across Ireland

Gerry Rabbitte has been appointed as the countrywide sales representative for Zetor tractors and Merlo telehandlers by machinery distributor McHale...

Fleet profile: Clare contractor reveals his machinery ‘hits’ and ‘misses’
Fleet profile: Clare contractor reveals his machinery ‘hits’ and ‘misses’

What is the most reliable tried-and-tested machinery for contracting? What works best on the ground? To answer these questions, AgriLand got...

Is a single set of EU rules for farm and utility machines on the way?
Is a single set of EU rules for farm and utility machines on the way?

A single European system of rules is being sought by a combination of European ‘mobile machine’ manufacturers this week from...

Video: Watch this self-steering Volvo ‘sugar cane’ truck
Video: Watch this self-steering Volvo ‘sugar cane’ truck

Volvo has built self-steering trucks that are providing a boost in productivity to sugar cane farms in Brazil. The trucks...

Farm Free competition winner puts Massey Ferguson mower to work
Farm Free competition winner puts Massey Ferguson mower to work

Ken McNeal, a dairy farmer from Lisboduff in Co. Cavan, was the winner of AgriLand’s Farm Free Competition in 2016. As part...

Revealed: The 5 causes of most machinery accidents on the road
Revealed: The 5 causes of most machinery accidents on the road

According to CEMA (European Agricultural Machinery Industry), a recent European study has found that more than four fifths (83%) of...

What will the UK election results mean for Northern farming?
What will the UK election results mean for Northern farming?

Barclay Bell, President of the Ulster Farmers’ Union in Northern Ireland, was speaking on RTE Radio’s This Week programme on...

Farmers shifting silage warned not to create traffic chaos
Farmers shifting silage warned not to create traffic chaos

Farmers transporting heavy loads of silage this summer have been warned off motorways, and to move over on the road...

Pics: European buyers to the fore at major UK tractor auction
Pics: European buyers to the fore at major UK tractor auction

Agricultural machinery auctioneer, Cheffins, had its latest sale in Sutton, Cambridge (England), last week with an extensive range of tractors...

John Deere set for hi-tech showcase at Cereals 2017
John Deere set for hi-tech showcase at Cereals 2017

Machinery giant John Deere will reveal details of an updated version of its PowrSpray R4040i 4,000L-capacity self-propelled sprayer, as well as its...

Controversial Gove gets top agri job in UK cabinet change
Controversial Gove gets top agri job in UK cabinet change

There has been mixed reaction across the water after Michael Gove was appointed UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food...

Pics: ‘Up close and personal’ with Ireland’s first Fendt forager
Pics: ‘Up close and personal’ with Ireland’s first Fendt forager

Recent news of a ‘test’ forager making its way to the island of Ireland spiked interest in the machinery business....

Disappointing trend continues for tractor sales in May
Disappointing trend continues for tractor sales in May

New tractor sales continue to perform poorly when compared to 2016 levels, it has been reported, following the disclosure of...

EU pumps €8.1 million into cross-border environmental recovery fund
EU pumps €8.1 million into cross-border environmental recovery fund

A cross-border environmental project that will protect endangered species and restore natural habitats is to receive €8.1 million in funding,...

Check out the new ‘Quad Vice’ security platform
Check out the new ‘Quad Vice’ security platform

To put a stop to the ever-growing levels of quad thefts, a Welsh farmer has created a clever security device...

SlurryKat appoints Irish dealer for the Republic
SlurryKat appoints Irish dealer for the Republic

Northern Irish slurry solutions company, SlurryKat, has appointed Bailey Machinery Sales Ltd (BMS) as its dealer in the Republic of...

Milk price increase for May supplies ‘imminent’
Milk price increase for May supplies ‘imminent’

“Strong global dairy commodity prices should see an imminent rise in base milk price,” Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) Dairy Chairman...