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.

Half in; half out: Is the future on wheels or on tracks?
Half in; half out: Is the future on wheels or on tracks?

Lined up for an Agritechnica ‘Silver Medal’ this year, the Claas Axion 900 Terra Trac has been dubbed the “first half-track tractor...

Is this the future of bale transport in Ireland?
Is this the future of bale transport in Ireland?

Laois-based machinery dealer BMS (Bailey Machinery Sales) has just taken delivery of a unique bale trailer designed by Northern Irish...

Auction report: Pics and prices from ‘monster’ Cambridge tractor sale
Auction report: Pics and prices from ‘monster’ Cambridge tractor sale

Monday (September 4) saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton,...

New emissions limits on the way: How will they affect tractors?
New emissions limits on the way: How will they affect tractors?

New diesel engine emissions limits will soon apply to tractors in Europe – so what do the new rules say?...

It’s official: McHale’s new rake touches down…at the ‘Ploughing’
It’s official: McHale’s new rake touches down…at the ‘Ploughing’

McHale will introduce its new, long-anticipated silage rake at this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore. The new twin-rotor, centre-delivery...

Pronar tractors – built in Poland for Poland
Pronar tractors – built in Poland for Poland

While the Pronar brand-name is relatively unknown here in Ireland, the entity is a manufacturer of some significance in its...

Self-propelled diet feeder ‘loads’ up for the ‘Ploughing’
Self-propelled diet feeder ‘loads’ up for the ‘Ploughing’

Keenan, part of the Alltech empire, will bring its MechFiber 345SP self-propelled mixer wagon (diet feeder) to this year’s National...

Room with a view: Tractor conversion opens up new possibilities
Room with a view: Tractor conversion opens up new possibilities

This intriguing picture depicts a Deutz-Fahr tractor that has undergone a major ‘surgical’ procedure; it has been modified to enable...

Low-slung tanker barrels into the ‘Ploughing’
Low-slung tanker barrels into the ‘Ploughing’

OBE Waste & Agri will showcase its growing range of slurry tankers at this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Co. Offaly (from...

Kuhn: Why not use the same rolls of film to bind and wrap your bales?
Kuhn: Why not use the same rolls of film to bind and wrap your bales?

Kuhn has upgraded its fixed-chamber round baler-wrapper combination machine by making film binding (instead of net) available as an option....

Pottinger boosts turnover, despite ‘challenging’ conditions
Pottinger boosts turnover, despite ‘challenging’ conditions

Despite challenging conditions in the farm machinery industry, Pottinger’s turnover grew by 2% – to €308 million – during the 2016/2017...

Get ‘connected’ and ‘talk’ to your diesel engine
Get ‘connected’ and ‘talk’ to your diesel engine

Engine giant Cummins has launched a new wireless diagnostic service in some world markets. According to the company, this technology...

Deutz and Liebherr sign major engine deal
Deutz and Liebherr sign major engine deal

Liebherr and Deutz have signed a major deal that will expand the collaboration that already exists between the two engine manufacturing...

620hp John Deere goliath on ‘track’ for debut
620hp John Deere goliath on ‘track’ for debut

John Deere’s high-horsepower 7R, 8R and 9R Series tractors will feature on the company’s working demonstration area at Tillage Live...

Bomford ‘reaches’ out to the country…with a demo tour
Bomford ‘reaches’ out to the country…with a demo tour

The FTMTA (Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association) has announced that member firm IAM Agricultural Machinery will hold a demo...

Farmhand: ‘Why not go straight into stubble with these new discs?’
Farmhand: ‘Why not go straight into stubble with these new discs?’

Farm machinery distributor Farmhand has launched an all-new Amazone Catros 3003 compact disc harrow onto the Irish market. The 3m-wide Catros...

First ‘green’ Fendt-badged Challengers ‘spotted’
First ‘green’ Fendt-badged Challengers ‘spotted’

AgriLand recently revealed that AGCO’s Challenger products, including its rubber-tracked tractor line-up, will be “integrated into the Fendt brand” here...

Will your next New Holland tractor look like this?
Will your next New Holland tractor look like this?

New Holland has unveiled a new-look 180hp methane-powered concept tractor at this week’s Farm Progress Show in the US. While this tractor...