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.

Video: Quadtrac gets busy in the sunny south-east
Video: Quadtrac gets busy in the sunny south-east

On May 2, we brought you brief footage of Ireland’s biggest tractor – a Case IH Quadtrac 620 – in...

Pristine ‘special edition’ 7810 one of 38 classics up for grabs
Pristine ‘special edition’ 7810 one of 38 classics up for grabs

The 7810 Generation III ‘Silver Jubilee’ is sometimes described as the ‘holy grail’ for Ford collectors. These iconic ‘special-edition’ tractors...

Was this Europe’s ‘strongest’ wheeled tractor…at one time?
Was this Europe’s ‘strongest’ wheeled tractor…at one time?

This German-built machine (pictured above) was once claimed to be “Europe’s strongest wheeled tractor”. It first appeared back in 2008...

Site map: Get the inside track here…on Grass & Muck 2018
Site map: Get the inside track here…on Grass & Muck 2018

The FTMTA (Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association) Grass & Muck event takes place this month – on Thursday, May...

Latest from Lindner: 4-wheel steering, a CVT and ‘autonomous driving’?
Latest from Lindner: 4-wheel steering, a CVT and ‘autonomous driving’?

Austrian tractor manufacturer Lindner recently launched its novel 110 model – notable for its continuously-variable transmission (CVT) and four-wheel steering...

List of exhibitors: Grass & Muck 2018 is edging ever closer…
List of exhibitors: Grass & Muck 2018 is edging ever closer…

The FTMTA (Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association) Grass & Muck event takes place this month – on Thursday, May...

Collector’s item? Rare, pint-sized workhorse up for grabs
Collector’s item? Rare, pint-sized workhorse up for grabs

This 1973 Ford 1000 (pictured above) is home to a 23hp, two-cylinder (1,272cc) engine. The 1000 was introduced in the...

Major accolade for new generation of the Claas family
Major accolade for new generation of the Claas family

Harper Adams University in England has awarded an honorary doctorate to Cathrina Claas-Muhlhauser, chair of the Claas Group Supervisory Board....

Calling all Ford fanatics: Go back in time at this ‘classic’ sale
Calling all Ford fanatics: Go back in time at this ‘classic’ sale

As reported back on April 16, what has been described as “one of the most important collections of classic Ford...

620hp beast unleashed into the tillage fields of Co. Wexford
620hp beast unleashed into the tillage fields of Co. Wexford

The tail-end of April saw Ireland’s biggest tractor – a Case IH Quadtrac 620 – finally get to do what...

What’s new from McHale at Grass & Muck 2018?
What’s new from McHale at Grass & Muck 2018?

At this year’s FTMTA Grass & Muck event on May 17 in Gurteen, Co. Tipperary, McHale will put its “full range”...

First of its kind ‘rolls’ into Ireland: But where is this machine?
First of its kind ‘rolls’ into Ireland: But where is this machine?

The first in a ‘new-look’ line-up of round balers has landed in Ireland. The inaugural machine was spotted at a...

The road to ‘Tipp’: Gearing up for a classic silage ‘extravaganza’
The road to ‘Tipp’: Gearing up for a classic silage ‘extravaganza’

This year’s ‘Silage Extravaganza’ – to be held at Moyglass, Co. Tipperary – will take place on July 29. Amongst...

What’s new from John Deere at Grass & Muck 2018?
What’s new from John Deere at Grass & Muck 2018?

John Deere will launch its new V400 Series variable-chamber round baler and HarvestLab 3000 sensing system (for its forage harvesters)...

1961 Triple-D expected to make €70,000 under the hammer
1961 Triple-D expected to make €70,000 under the hammer

This 1961 Doe Triple-D (pictured above) – otherwise known as a ‘tandem tractor’ – is up for auction, where it’s...

Pics: Massive haul of Krone foragers sold for 2018 Irish silage campaign
Pics: Massive haul of Krone foragers sold for 2018 Irish silage campaign

Krone – via distributor Farmhand and its network of dealers – has been busy lining up buyers for its so-called...

In for the long haul? Kubota wheels out more new metal
In for the long haul? Kubota wheels out more new metal

Kubota rolled out a scattering of new tractors at a major recent farming event in Spain. Pictured (above) is one...

Loaders, backhoes and excavators aplenty at Intermat 2018
Loaders, backhoes and excavators aplenty at Intermat 2018

Case (Construction Equipment) was one of droves of exhibitors at Intermat – the sprawling equipment exhibition in Paris. It was...