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.

Here’s the ultimate ‘one-pass’ system – for baled silage contractors
Here’s the ultimate ‘one-pass’ system – for baled silage contractors

This (see main picture) is the Agronic WR500 front rake; it’s designed to be used on either a tractor’s front...

Need a pull? Try this new, telescopic lower linkage
Need a pull? Try this new, telescopic lower linkage

On large, heavy tractors, how do you juggle axle loads to prevent wear, protect the soil and maximise traction? Has Fendt...

Is this the biggest ‘harvesting’ contractor?
Is this the biggest ‘harvesting’ contractor?

A contractor (custom harvester) and farming enterprise in the US – Olsen Custom Farms – has just bought its 500th John Deere...

New ‘pint-sized’ Zetor keeps buyers in ‘Czech’
New ‘pint-sized’ Zetor keeps buyers in ‘Czech’

New at this year’s LAMMA show from Czech manufacturer Zetor was the Hortus HS 65 tractor. Together with the new...

First big Claas loading shovel sold in the UK; is Ireland next?
First big Claas loading shovel sold in the UK; is Ireland next?

Claas has sold its first Torion wheel loader in the UK; the deal was confirmed at last week’s LAMMA show....

Steady as she goes: Three-tyred Ploeger ‘wheels’ into the market
Steady as she goes: Three-tyred Ploeger ‘wheels’ into the market

Ploeger’s recently-launched three-wheeled contraption (or trike – as such machines are known in continental Europe) was at LAMMA last week. It...

Show report: Capturing the sights at the UK’s biggest machinery exhibition
Show report: Capturing the sights at the UK’s biggest machinery exhibition

Last week played host to the LAMMA show – now the UK’s biggest farm machinery exhibition. We’ve already brought you...

6-speed powershift and ‘more comfort’ from McCormick
6-speed powershift and ‘more comfort’ from McCormick

McCormick X7 Series tractors can now be specified with a new P6-Drive transmission (with more powershift ratios); these tractors also...

Is this the biggest self-propelled forager in Ireland?
Is this the biggest self-propelled forager in Ireland?

What is the most powerful self-propelled forager on the island of Ireland? And where is it? As things stand, it...

New mid-range, 4-cylinder tractor is ‘just months away’
New mid-range, 4-cylinder tractor is ‘just months away’

New mid-range additions to the McCormick tractor range were unveiled at LAMMA 2018 – the sizeable, UK-based farm machinery show....

Show report: Don’t miss these tractor highlights…for 2018
Show report: Don’t miss these tractor highlights…for 2018

LAMMA 2018 opened its doors to the farming public on Wednesday (January 17). It was also scheduled to take place...

Show report: Irish in the mix at ‘choppy’ LAMMA exhibition
Show report: Irish in the mix at ‘choppy’ LAMMA exhibition

Several agricultural machinery shows are taking place over the coming weeks here in Ireland. Across the pond – in Britain...

Show report: ‘Load’ up with new options for 2018
Show report: ‘Load’ up with new options for 2018

Several agricultural machinery shows are taking place over the coming weeks here in Ireland. Across the pond – in Britain –...

Could this ‘driverless’ dumper have a role in farming?
Could this ‘driverless’ dumper have a role in farming?

Volvo CE (Volvo Construction Equipment) is no stranger to pushing the technology envelope; nor is the brand any stranger to...

Is this the biggest tractor in Ireland?
Is this the biggest tractor in Ireland?

What is the biggest tractor in Ireland? And where is it? We suspect it may well be this muscular goliath...

Loader manufacturer set for factory expansion
Loader manufacturer set for factory expansion

Tobroco-Giant – best known as a manufacturer of compact loading shovels – is set to expand its current production facility...

Auction report: ‘Best of the rest’ from January’s Cambridge tractor sale
Auction report: ‘Best of the rest’ from January’s Cambridge tractor sale

Monday of last week (January 8) saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale...

Irish manufacturer churns out 700 mowers per year; but who?
Irish manufacturer churns out 700 mowers per year; but who?

A company in the west of Ireland has already built up to a production run of over 700 mowers per...