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.

Show preview: Machinery ‘locked and loaded’ for Tullamore
Show preview: Machinery ‘locked and loaded’ for Tullamore

The 2017 Tullamore Show and AIB National Livestock Show will take place tomorrow (Sunday, August 13) on the grounds of...

Check out this ‘Chinese’ combine, with an Italian twist
Check out this ‘Chinese’ combine, with an Italian twist

AgriLand brought you news of Arbos – an emerging tractor brand – back in March of this year. That followed the...

New ‘bells and whistles’ touch-screen for Claas Lexion
New ‘bells and whistles’ touch-screen for Claas Lexion

For 2018, Claas Lexion 700 series hybrid (rotary/straw-walker) and 600 series straw-walker combines will be available with a new 12in...

Auction report: Pics and prices from clearance sale in Kilkenny
Auction report: Pics and prices from clearance sale in Kilkenny

Micheal Doyle Auctions hosted a clearance sale of farm machinery on Saturday (August 5). The auction involved tractors, a combine harvester and tillage...

Pics: New, classic and vintage machinery in action at ‘De Courcey’ demo in Cork
Pics: New, classic and vintage machinery in action at ‘De Courcey’ demo in Cork

The De Courcey Harvest Working Day ’17 event took place on Monday in Harbour View, Kilbrittain, Co. Cork. AgriLand was there,...

Deutz-Fahr adds new beefy, 4-cylinder tractors to its line-up
Deutz-Fahr adds new beefy, 4-cylinder tractors to its line-up

Deutz-Fahr has added three new 4-cylinder models to its existing 6 Series, 6-cylinder range. These are the: 6155.4; 6165.4; and...

Fleet profile: Western contractor reveals his machinery ‘ups’ and ‘downs’
Fleet profile: Western contractor reveals his machinery ‘ups’ and ‘downs’

Kennedy Bros runs a sizeable agricultural contracting business in Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon. There is a farm enterprise in the mix, but the contracting...

New man joins the Pottinger Ireland team
New man joins the Pottinger Ireland team

Pottinger Ireland has appointed Paul Wilson as its new territory manager for the east of the country. Hailing from Co....

Next-generation flagship harvester from AGCO: Is this it?
Next-generation flagship harvester from AGCO: Is this it?

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

Video: John Deere to launch new flagship combine across Europe
Video: John Deere to launch new flagship combine across Europe

John Deere is in the process of launching its latest flagship combine harvester range – namely the S700 Series. The...

A tractor with a difference: Check out this three-wheeled ‘trike’
A tractor with a difference: Check out this three-wheeled ‘trike’

This interesting three-wheeled contraption (or trike – as such machines are known in continental Europe) is new from Ploeger. It...

A Claas loading shovel for your silage pit – courtesy of Liebherr?
A Claas loading shovel for your silage pit – courtesy of Liebherr?

An eagle-eyed AgriLand reader spotted this picture on Twitter recently; it depicts a Claas-badged Liebherr loading shovel. Back in 2015...

Classic corner: Massey 565 brings back fond memories in Carlow
Classic corner: Massey 565 brings back fond memories in Carlow

Henry Eyre from Co. Carlow bought this Massey Ferguson 565 five years ago. Having spent a couple of years –...

Package of upgrades for Case-IH’s Puma line-up
Package of upgrades for Case-IH’s Puma line-up

Case IH’s line-up of Puma tractors, from the 185 Multicontroller to the 240 CVX, has been subject to “significant updates”...

Case IH Maxxum gets dual-clutch, 8-speed powershift option
Case IH Maxxum gets dual-clutch, 8-speed powershift option

On July 25, AgriLand revealed that New Holland is set to launch a new dual-clutch, eight-step semi powershift transmission for...

More from Lismore: See the silage extravaganza from above
More from Lismore: See the silage extravaganza from above

Last weekend played host to a major silage harvesting event – involving hoards of vintage and classic tractors and harvesters...

Fendt tracked tractors and sprayers on the way – courtesy of Challenger
Fendt tracked tractors and sprayers on the way – courtesy of Challenger

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

Package of upgrades for ‘Long Wheelbase’ T7 tractors
Package of upgrades for ‘Long Wheelbase’ T7 tractors

New Holland is introducing a major upgrade to its T7 ‘Long Wheelbase’ (LWB) range in the shape of a new suspended...