Jim Breen

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Jim Breen is from a farming background. He studied Engineering in University College Dublin. He worked for agricultural media outlets and, most recently, was the mechanisation advisor for DAERA (Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs) and engineering programme manager at CAFRE (College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise). He now lives in Offaly.

Auction report: Well-aged tractors, of a ‘blue hue’, under the hammer
Auction report: Well-aged tractors, of a ‘blue hue’, under the hammer

Saturday, July 21, saw the latest Cambridge Vintage Sale auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton, Cambridge....

Auction report: ‘If it’s not red leave it in the shed’
Auction report: ‘If it’s not red leave it in the shed’

Saturday, July 21, saw the latest Cambridge Vintage Sale auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton, Cambridge....

John Deere gets a boost thanks to political intervention…but how?
John Deere gets a boost thanks to political intervention…but how?

According to reports from Bloomberg, shares in Deere & Co have jumped by a very considerable 4.8% after it emerged...

Fancy a Chinese ‘Valtra’ look-alike?
Fancy a Chinese ‘Valtra’ look-alike?

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or so they say. Looking at the front-end of this Chinese-built tractor (pictured...

Smaller 6R Series tractors get ‘one push’ controller
Smaller 6R Series tractors get ‘one push’ controller

In continental Europe, John Deere has announced that the CommandPro joystick (pictured above) will become available on other (smaller) 6R...

New breed of combine: Case IH’s latest harvesters break cover
New breed of combine: Case IH’s latest harvesters break cover

This week Case IH is launching its Axial-Flow 250 Series combine harvesters at an event in Dresden, Germany. One such machine –...

Meet the man who will head up SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) here
Meet the man who will head up SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) here

SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) has appointed Graham Barnwell as its new UK and Ireland country manager. Graham has spent most of...

Trump’s tariffs: What are US machinery manufacturers saying?
Trump’s tariffs: What are US machinery manufacturers saying?

The Trump administration has placed “harmful tariffs on imports that are having a considerable impact on the machinery manufacturing industry”....

Auction report: ‘Best of the rest’ from July sale at Cambridge
Auction report: ‘Best of the rest’ from July sale at Cambridge

Monday, July 9, saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton,...

US machinery firm back in action after ‘major tornado’
US machinery firm back in action after ‘major tornado’

Vermeer – a US company best known in farming circles for its hay and forage machinery – was hit by...

‘Mass production’ of newest Zetor design kicks off
‘Mass production’ of newest Zetor design kicks off

During recent days, the first Zetor Major tractors to feature a “new design” came off the production line at Brno (Czech...

Problems afoot for UK tractor ‘type-approvals’ after Brexit?
Problems afoot for UK tractor ‘type-approvals’ after Brexit?

CEMA – the umbrella body representing the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry across Europe – has warned of the consequences of a ‘hard Brexit‘...

New loader bends in the middle and ‘steers’ at the rear
New loader bends in the middle and ‘steers’ at the rear

Claas has just unveiled – albeit in continental Europe rather than the UK as yet – additional, new loading shovels....

Auction report: Ford / New Holland highlights from July Cambridge sale
Auction report: Ford / New Holland highlights from July Cambridge sale

Monday, July 9, saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton,...

Auction report: ‘Tidy’ machinery changes hands…but for how much?
Auction report: ‘Tidy’ machinery changes hands…but for how much?

Major ‘on-site’ machinery dispersal sale (auction) events are something of a regular occurrence in the UK. One such on-site sale...

Auction report: Fancy a project…or even a run-about?
Auction report: Fancy a project…or even a run-about?

Major ‘on-site’ machinery dispersal sale (auction) events are something of a regular occurrence in the UK. One such on-site sale...

Latest self-propelled round baler ‘makes good operators even better’
Latest self-propelled round baler ‘makes good operators even better’

Vermeer’s self-propelled round baler broke cover last year; the so-called ZR5 got its first public outing at Husker Harvest Days in the...

Auction report: Enough Fords to fill a field; check out these prices
Auction report: Enough Fords to fill a field; check out these prices

Major ‘on-site’ machinery dispersal sale (auction) events are something of a regular occurrence in the UK. One such on-site sale was...