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.

Pics: Check out this 150hp Ursus prototype at Agritechnica 2017
Pics: Check out this 150hp Ursus prototype at Agritechnica 2017

Ursus is out in force at this week’s Agritechnica show in Germany. The Polish manufacturer’s star attraction is its prototype C-3150V...

Pics: Can Venieri raise the stakes with its new, pivot-steer telehandler?
Pics: Can Venieri raise the stakes with its new, pivot-steer telehandler?

Italian company VF Venieri – a brand that is known to many agricultural contractors around Ireland – has plenty to...

Pics: Lifting the lid on new loading shovels from Claas
Pics: Lifting the lid on new loading shovels from Claas

Claas is showing off its new Torion loading shovels at this week’s huge Agritechnica show in Germany. AgriLand has been...

Pics: Up close with Manitou’s new, pivot-steer telehandler
Pics: Up close with Manitou’s new, pivot-steer telehandler

After a considerable period of speculation – and perhaps even one or two false dawns – Manitou looks set to...

Pics: A closer look at Weidemann’s new, contractor-sized loader
Pics: A closer look at Weidemann’s new, contractor-sized loader

A new, contractor-sized loading shovel is front and centre on the Weidemann stand at this year’s Agritechnica show. Weidemann’s new...

Pics: The Chinese are coming; Agritechnica 2017 is the staging point
Pics: The Chinese are coming; Agritechnica 2017 is the staging point

Arbos – a Chinese entity with an Italian twist – has a major presence at this week’s Agritechnica show in...

Pics: Indian giant makes moves on Europe…at Agritechnica 2017
Pics: Indian giant makes moves on Europe…at Agritechnica 2017

Indian conglomerate Mahindra was one of the big talking points at this year’s Agritechnica show. The group is home to...

Pics: Agritechnica 2017 opens its doors to the world…with a flurry of new machines
Pics: Agritechnica 2017 opens its doors to the world…with a flurry of new machines

Agritechnica 2017 is underway this week; the exhibition is simply massive. The venue is the exhibition centre in Hanover, Germany....

Auction report: ‘Blue’ highlights from huge tractor sale
Auction report: ‘Blue’ highlights from huge tractor sale

Monday of this week (November 6) saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale...

Belt up and strap in: Valtra gets a ‘heads-up’ display
Belt up and strap in: Valtra gets a ‘heads-up’ display

Valtra has come up with a novel ‘SmartGlass’ windscreen for its tractors; it incorporates a transparent driver’s display. The display...

Would this new front loader be a stretch at Agritechnica?
Would this new front loader be a stretch at Agritechnica?

MX – the French tractor front-end loader and implement manufacturer – will show an expanded range of tractor loaders at...

Pics: New Holland unveils mowers and ploughs – courtesy of Kongskilde
Pics: New Holland unveils mowers and ploughs – courtesy of Kongskilde

New Holland will unveil a range of new agricultural implements at Agritechnica 2017, which starts on Sunday (November 12). Following...

Unload on-the-move: This new silage wagon never stops
Unload on-the-move: This new silage wagon never stops

What would you get if you crossed a self-loading silage wagon with a potato harvester? That might well be the...

Auction report: Tractors and machinery under the hammer in Portlaoise
Auction report: Tractors and machinery under the hammer in Portlaoise

Challenging weather didn’t unduly hamper the trade at Hennessy Auctioneers’ machinery sale last month (Saturday, October 21) at Portlaoise Mart;...

Giant new mower-conditioner can cut up to 50ac/hour
Giant new mower-conditioner can cut up to 50ac/hour

SIP has joined the ranks of companies producing giant mowers. In fact, it claims that its new Silvercut Disc 1500...

Here it comes: This drone can spread your fertiliser
Here it comes: This drone can spread your fertiliser

We’ve all heard of ‘agricultural’ drones that can monitor your crops. However, Rauch will shortly unveil a unit that can...

Auction report: Pics and prices of ‘green’ tractors from Cambridge auction
Auction report: Pics and prices of ‘green’ tractors from Cambridge auction

Monday of this week (November 6) saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale...

Pics: Unusual, lesser-spotted tractors and combines; so who is Agromash?
Pics: Unusual, lesser-spotted tractors and combines; so who is Agromash?

Agromash is a sizable Russian manufacturer of agricultural equipment. The brand is largely unfamiliar to us here in western Europe;...