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.

Joint venture: Landini to build tractors in Turkey
Joint venture: Landini to build tractors in Turkey

A joint venture for the production of Landini agricultural tractors in Turkey has been agreed by ARGO Tractors of Italy...

New JCB dealers for Northern Ireland
New JCB dealers for Northern Ireland

JCB has announced plans to “strengthen its distribution” in Northern Ireland with the appointment of new dealers for construction and...

Combine and forager prices: Results from unreserved FTMTA auction
Combine and forager prices: Results from unreserved FTMTA auction

A sizeable unreserved auction of tractors and farm machinery – organised by the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA)...

Pics: More machinery wheels in for giant FTMTA auction
Pics: More machinery wheels in for giant FTMTA auction

The Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association’s (FTMTA’s) monster machinery auction takes place tomorrow (September 30) at Punchestown Event Centre...

400 fatal on-road accidents in the EU each year involving farm machinery
400 fatal on-road accidents in the EU each year involving farm machinery

The number of on-road accidents involving agricultural machines in the EU is very low, when compared to accidents involving other...

Should ABS be mandatory on all tractors over 40kph?
Should ABS be mandatory on all tractors over 40kph?

CEMA, the European agricultural machinery industry body, is calling on the EU to focus on “a fact and priority-based approach” when...

Krone forager news: Check out these updates
Krone forager news: Check out these updates

As we look ahead to Agritechnica 2017 – Europe’s and possibly the world’s biggest showcase for farm machinery innovations –...

Pics: Machinery moves into place for Saturday’s massive ‘no reserve’ auction
Pics: Machinery moves into place for Saturday’s massive ‘no reserve’ auction

The Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association’s (FTMTA’s) massive machinery auction looms large; the event takes place this Saturday (September...

Can this piece of kit get you home hassle-free – if you have a puncture?
Can this piece of kit get you home hassle-free – if you have a puncture?

There were plenty of big, jaw-dropping machines on display at last week’s National Ploughing Championships. However, they sometimes say that...

World tractor news: Indian giant to take over growing Turkish brand
World tractor news: Indian giant to take over growing Turkish brand

Indian manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has signed a deal with Turkish-based tractor maker Erkunt (which includes the ArmaTrac brand)...

Green giant notches up medals for its machinery smarts
Green giant notches up medals for its machinery smarts

John Deere has been awarded one gold and two silver medals for innovation by the DLG committee in advance of...

MF ‘lines out’ with new Irish ‘brand ambassador’
MF ‘lines out’ with new Irish ‘brand ambassador’

Massey Ferguson claims that its 5700 SL tractor range combines “an ideal power-to-weight ratio with great manoeuvrability”. The manufacturer says...

Tractor and machinery auction: Pics and prices from big dispersal sale
Tractor and machinery auction: Pics and prices from big dispersal sale

Major “on-site” machinery dispersal sale (auction) events come up just a handful of times in any given year here in...

Pics and prices: Big JCB auction awash with tractors, shovels and handlers
Pics and prices: Big JCB auction awash with tractors, shovels and handlers

JCB played host to a major auction this week, consisting of used and nearly-new equipment – including loading shovels, tractors...

An alternative to replacing your engine’s head?
An alternative to replacing your engine’s head?

Engine manufacturer Cummins is working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to develop a material to repair heavy-duty vehicle engines...

New appointment to Ireland’s farm machinery trade body
New appointment to Ireland’s farm machinery trade body

Colin Bell of Same Deutz-Fahr UK, which is itself a member of the association, has joined the executive council of...

McHale Plant Sales gets Komatsu’s forestry franchise
McHale Plant Sales gets Komatsu’s forestry franchise

McHale Plant Sales – already the Irish distributor for Komatsu’s construction machinery – has further expanded its activities through its...

Call for more potato-processing capacity: Has Grimme got the answer?
Call for more potato-processing capacity: Has Grimme got the answer?

Grimme’s range of potato handling equipment has been given a boost, thanks to the new addition of the PowerCombi to...