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.

170+ tractors poised and ready for monster vintage auction
170+ tractors poised and ready for monster vintage auction

Cheffins’ Cambridge Vintage Sale at Sutton (England) on April 21 will showcase a number of the world’s most unusual tractors and...

How do you ‘turn’ yours? See the new Fendt solution…
How do you ‘turn’ yours? See the new Fendt solution…

Automatic guidance and steering systems have sometimes struggled to master the troubled ‘headland turn’. Even those systems that do promise...

Check out these 2018 improvements for Claas foragers
Check out these 2018 improvements for Claas foragers

Claas has phased in several improvements for its Jaguar self-propelled forage harvesters for this coming season. The latest 900 series...

15 new Krone BiG X foragers to tackle 2018 Irish silage campaign
15 new Krone BiG X foragers to tackle 2018 Irish silage campaign

It is believed that Farmhand – via its dealer network around the country (both north and south of the border)...

Guess who’s 30? Irish agri parts firm comes of age…and goes ‘online’
Guess who’s 30? Irish agri parts firm comes of age…and goes ‘online’

Fastparts – the consumable parts division of Farmhand – celebrated 30 years in business just last month with an open...

Auction report: Low-hour loading shovels go ‘under the hammer’
Auction report: Low-hour loading shovels go ‘under the hammer’

JCB played host to a major auction on Tuesday (March 20), consisting of used and nearly-new equipment – including tractors,...

Auction report: Could you ‘stretch’ to a ‘tidy’ JCB telehandler?
Auction report: Could you ‘stretch’ to a ‘tidy’ JCB telehandler?

JCB played host to a major auction on Tuesday (March 20), consisting of used and nearly-new equipment – including tractors,...

Online tickets now available for ‘Grass & Muck 2018’
Online tickets now available for ‘Grass & Muck 2018’

Tickets are available online for this year’s Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) Grass & Muck event, to be...

Auction report: Fleet of ‘fresh’ Fastracs dispersed by JCB
Auction report: Fleet of ‘fresh’ Fastracs dispersed by JCB

JCB played host to a major auction yesterday (March 20), consisting of used and nearly-new equipment – including tractors, loading...

Auction report: JCB backhoe and tracked machine fleet goes ‘under the hammer’
Auction report: JCB backhoe and tracked machine fleet goes ‘under the hammer’

JCB played host to a major auction yesterday (March 20), consisting of used and nearly-new equipment – including loading shovels,...

JCB’s first ‘electric’ excavator breaks ground
JCB’s first ‘electric’ excavator breaks ground

JCB has unveiled its first ever electric excavator; the new mini-digger is the “quietest machine in its range” and delivers...

What’s the ‘mood’ like in machinery circles?
What’s the ‘mood’ like in machinery circles?

The mood in the agricultural machinery industry “remains positive at a high level” in March. That’s the message from CEMA...

Big fleet of Valtra tractors sold to a single buyer in UK deal
Big fleet of Valtra tractors sold to a single buyer in UK deal

John Brownes Ltd – an agricultural machinery dealer based in Cheshire, England – has struck a deal for a very...

Electric-drive ‘gearboxes’ for tractors: Where to now?
Electric-drive ‘gearboxes’ for tractors: Where to now?

Belarus first unveiled its prototype 3023 tractor almost a decade ago. Built at the so-called Minsk Tractor Works, the tractor...

Fendt not Germany’s best-selling brand; but 724 Vario is its ‘favourite’ model
Fendt not Germany’s best-selling brand; but 724 Vario is its ‘favourite’ model

The German Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) has released its 2017 registration figures for tractors, which show Fendt in second position...

JCB starts major recruitment drive amidst growing global demand
JCB starts major recruitment drive amidst growing global demand

Growing global demand for its machines has prompted JCB to announce a recruitment drive to hire 600 new staff at...

Auction report: See how ‘fresh’ trailers and kit fared in on-farm sale
Auction report: See how ‘fresh’ trailers and kit fared in on-farm sale

A major ‘on-site‘ machinery dispersal sale (auction) was held on behalf of N & R Lindley (Epworth) yesterday (Wednesday, March...

Auction report: ‘One-owner’ tractors and combine ‘under the hammer’
Auction report: ‘One-owner’ tractors and combine ‘under the hammer’

A major ‘on-site‘ machinery dispersal sale (auction) was held on behalf of N & R Lindley (Epworth) yesterday (Wednesday, March 14)....