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.

New importer for McCormick and Landini tractors
New importer for McCormick and Landini tractors

AgriArgo UK Ltd, the existing Landini and McCormick tractor distributor for the UK, will take over the distribution of both brands...

Pics: Tractors command ‘strong’ prices at UK dispersal sale
Pics: Tractors command ‘strong’ prices at UK dispersal sale

Agricultural machinery auction specialist Cheffins has just completed two major farm dispersal sales in Yorkshire, England. Both auctions produced some...

Facts and figures: What tractors and machinery are selling across Europe?
Facts and figures: What tractors and machinery are selling across Europe?

The European farm machinery market is expected to return to growth again in 2017. Sales expectations for most European countries...

Hi-Spec adds weigh cells and ‘rate control’ to its spreader
Hi-Spec adds weigh cells and ‘rate control’ to its spreader

Hi-Spec Engineering has added the option of weigh cells and an application rate monitoring system for its Xcel 1250 manure...

Watch: Volvo’s 100% electric mini-digger in action
Watch: Volvo’s 100% electric mini-digger in action

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE), best known among the farming fraternity for its wheeled loading shovels, has unveiled a 100%...

Russian firm to assemble Zetor tractors near Moscow
Russian firm to assemble Zetor tractors near Moscow

Zetor has entered the Russian tractor market. The first components are now being shipped to an assembly plant near Moscow. The...

New and old on show at Deutz-Fahr’s ultra-modern factory
New and old on show at Deutz-Fahr’s ultra-modern factory

From next month, the new ‘Deutz-Fahr Arena‘ will open at the German manufacturer’s base in Lauingen. Completed in just 10...

Pics: A new Deutz-Fahr tractor off the line every 12 minutes
Pics: A new Deutz-Fahr tractor off the line every 12 minutes

After three years of planning and construction, the new Deutz-Fahr tractor factory – the so-called ‘Deutz-Fahr Land’ – is now producing...

Video: Is this electric ‘systems tractor’ a glimpse of the future?
Video: Is this electric ‘systems tractor’ a glimpse of the future?

The Multi Tool Trac is a novel developmental tractor that employs an electric powertrain. It is also notable for its...

Downpatrick meat processor secures ‘sizzling’ deal with Asda
Downpatrick meat processor secures ‘sizzling’ deal with Asda

Downpatrick-based meat processor, Finnebrogue Artisan, has been awarded a new UK-wide contract which will see it supply a range of...

Pics: New tractors and upgraded round balers at Grassland & Muck UK 2017
Pics: New tractors and upgraded round balers at Grassland & Muck UK 2017

Two new Case IH tractor models will be in action at Grassland & Muck (UK) 2017 on May 24 and...

Tractor sales show improvement during April
Tractor sales show improvement during April

It has been reported that Irish tractor sales recovered slightly in April of this year, following a disappointing first three months....

Faster baler-wrappers and ‘intelligent’ slurry spreading from Deere
Faster baler-wrappers and ‘intelligent’ slurry spreading from Deere

John Deere’s latest 6250R tractor with the award-winning CommandPRO joystick, its C441R combined baler-wrapper and a ‘manure sensing’ system will all...

Claas to build new €15 million machinery test centre
Claas to build new €15 million machinery test centre

Machinery giant Claas will build a major new equipment test centre at its base in Harsewinkel, Germany. The new facility will “significantly...

Pics: Great Grass Event is drawing to a close in Co. Meath
Pics: Great Grass Event is drawing to a close in Co. Meath

Agriland was among the many spectators at today’s Great Grass Event in Co. Meath. The Great Grass Event is a machinery-based world...

439t of soybean in 8 hours…with a twin-rotor giant
439t of soybean in 8 hours…with a twin-rotor giant

New Holland has set a new world record by harvesting a massive 439.73t of soybean in eight hours with a...

Reminder: The ‘Great Grass Event’ aims to set new forager world record tomorrow
Reminder: The ‘Great Grass Event’ aims to set new forager world record tomorrow

A new machinery-based world record attempt will be staged close to Trim, Co. Meath, tomorrow (Saturday, May 6). Combines 4 Charity, best...

Monsanto drops proposed deal to sell planting division to John Deere
Monsanto drops proposed deal to sell planting division to John Deere

Reuters is reporting that Monsanto has scrapped a proposed deal to sell its Precision Planting farm equipment division to Deere & Co...