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.

‘Heavy-duty’ Twose to reach out at the ‘Ploughing’
‘Heavy-duty’ Twose to reach out at the ‘Ploughing’

Farmec, the machinery distributor based in Co. Meath, will show new Twose hedgecutters at next month’s National Ploughing Championships in...

‘Electric-drive’ Cat: Is this new, big shovel a sign of things to come elsewhere?
‘Electric-drive’ Cat: Is this new, big shovel a sign of things to come elsewhere?

Caterpillar’s new ‘electric-drive’ loader – the 988K XE – apparently delivers 25% greater overall efficiency and up to 10% more...

Pics: Keen interest in classic and vintage tractors across the country
Pics: Keen interest in classic and vintage tractors across the country

With the country show and tractor road run schedule easing off a little, AgriLand was enthused to see such lofty...

Hooking up a slurry ‘road-train’: When one tanker just isn’t enough
Hooking up a slurry ‘road-train’: When one tanker just isn’t enough

What can you do if you just can’t fit enough in your slurry tanker; hook another onto the rear? That’s what...

Work twice as hard…with half the tractors
Work twice as hard…with half the tractors

Here’s an interesting, though not entirely unique, idea from Canadian manufacturer Marcrest. Its so-called Dual Power Hitch is designed to be used with...

Pics: Forager frenzy at Ford-themed machinery extravaganza in Cork
Pics: Forager frenzy at Ford-themed machinery extravaganza in Cork

The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest took place yesterday (August 27) on the ancestral home-farm of...

Australians wheel out chaser bin with a 60t appetite
Australians wheel out chaser bin with a 60t appetite

Chaser bins, of any size, are few and far between in Ireland. There are some – typically Horsch and Cross...

Kverneland: ‘Robotised ploughs to run 24/7 in the future’
Kverneland: ‘Robotised ploughs to run 24/7 in the future’

In an interview with Kverneland’s own iM FARMING magazine, Per Varhaug set out his vision for the plough of the future....

Have you got the makings of a silage-chopping ‘pro’?
Have you got the makings of a silage-chopping ‘pro’?

John Deere is searching for the UK and Ireland’s ‘Chopping Pro‘. To enter, you take a selfie – ideally in...

Embarking on a road-trip in an old-school Valmet
Embarking on a road-trip in an old-school Valmet

A school teacher recently embarked, in his Valmet 604 tractor, on a “trip” from Denmark to Norway and back again....

New dealer joining the Case IH family in the south-east?
New dealer joining the Case IH family in the south-east?

It is believed that Case IH is in the midst of discussions with The Cooney Furlong Machinery Company, with a...

Welger balers and Lely silage wagons to go Fendt ‘green’?
Welger balers and Lely silage wagons to go Fendt ‘green’?

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

Fendt to open new dealership in the midlands
Fendt to open new dealership in the midlands

Fendt, part of the wider AGCO corporation, is to open a new dealership in Co. Offaly next month. The dealership...

Pics and prices: Eye-catching tractors steal the show at UK auction
Pics and prices: Eye-catching tractors steal the show at UK auction

The 20th anniversary of Cheffins Harrogate Vintage Auction in the UK saw “high prices paid for vintage and classic machinery,...

Zetor branches out across the world to seek out new markets
Zetor branches out across the world to seek out new markets

Tractor manufacturer Zetor is continuing on its drive to break into new markets around the globe. The latest country to...

‘Fully driverless combine harvester by 2024’
‘Fully driverless combine harvester by 2024’

An off-the-shelf combine harvester has been converted to automatically steer itself by a Russian technology company, at a “fraction of...

Video: 42-woman crew tackles silage world record for charity
Video: 42-woman crew tackles silage world record for charity

A crew comprising of 42 women – known as the ‘Grass Gals’ – harvested 30ac of silage at a record-setting...

How is Kuhn faring…and where did it come from?
How is Kuhn faring…and where did it come from?

Kuhn recorded a strong increase in order intake during the first half of 2017; orders were up 6% to €523 million....