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.

Latest Kuhn tillage kit is a keen ‘Performer’
Latest Kuhn tillage kit is a keen ‘Performer’

Two new versions of Kuhn’s ‘Performer’ have been added to the company’s range of non-powered, deep tine/disc cultivators. New 6m...

Samco notches up another award, as it breaks new ground in Russia
Samco notches up another award, as it breaks new ground in Russia

Samco, based in Adare, Co. Limerick, has won a Deloitte ‘Best Managed Companies Award‘ for a third time. The company,...

SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) and Kramp extend tie-up on spare parts
SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) and Kramp extend tie-up on spare parts

SDF (Same Deutz-Fahr) and Kramp have announced that their “strategic business cooperation” on spare parts has been extended until 2021....

$4 billion wiped off the value of China’s biggest dairy company
$4 billion wiped off the value of China’s biggest dairy company

Shares in Huishan Dairy Holdings, China’s biggest dairy company, plunged downward by 85% on Friday wiping close to $4 billion from its...

China lifts its ban on Brazilian beef; so too do Chile and Egypt
China lifts its ban on Brazilian beef; so too do Chile and Egypt

China’s lifting of its temporary ban on Brazilian beef has been described as a “categorical statement of the quality of Brazilian...

Don’t forget to charge your phone…and your diet feeder
Don’t forget to charge your phone…and your diet feeder

Supertino, a manufacturer based in northern Italy, is testing its newly-developed 100% electric-powered, self-propelled diet feeder. Fitted with a 100kW electric...

Horsch storms ahead in 2017, as we look back on its past creations
Horsch storms ahead in 2017, as we look back on its past creations

German-based Horsch is best known here in Ireland for its cultivation and drilling equipment – via main agent Kellys of Borris...

‘Smart’ spreader avoids getting stuck in a rut
‘Smart’ spreader avoids getting stuck in a rut

The French-built Dangreville ‘intelligent’ spreader can automatically inflate and deflate its tyres, without the operator having to intervene. Tyre pressure (on...

Multi-purpose ‘tool carrier’ treads lightly in north Co. Dublin
Multi-purpose ‘tool carrier’ treads lightly in north Co. Dublin

One of the more unusual machines you might see roaming about the roads of Counties Dublin and Meath is a Lite-Trac...

Video: 3-wheeled, self-propelled slurry tanker is now a familiar sight in Co. Galway
Video: 3-wheeled, self-propelled slurry tanker is now a familiar sight in Co. Galway

A familiar sight around Bullaun near Loughrea, Co. Galway is Doyle Agri’s Hydro-Trike – a 3-wheeled self-propelled slurry tanker, complete with an...

5 friends buy and ‘do up’ an ageing Case IH forager…for fun and charity
5 friends buy and ‘do up’ an ageing Case IH forager…for fun and charity

One of the most interesting entries at the upcoming ‘Great Grass Event’ close to Trim, Co. Meath on May 6 will be...

Fondly-remembered Fiats: An ‘irreverent’ look at the 110-90 and F (Winner) Series…
Fondly-remembered Fiats: An ‘irreverent’ look at the 110-90 and F (Winner) Series…

The now-famous 110-90 is like one of those dead poets – reasonably well appreciated when they were alive (or while they...

Coming to a silage pit near you? New Holland makes a big push for 2017
Coming to a silage pit near you? New Holland makes a big push for 2017

New Holland has updated much of its ‘agri-spec’ compact construction line-up. One of the headline products is the new wheel...

100 acres of grass in 10 minutes, with as many forage harvesters as can be found…
100 acres of grass in 10 minutes, with as many forage harvesters as can be found…

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

Weaving about to fill the chamber; Why not let the baler ‘weave’ for you?
Weaving about to fill the chamber; Why not let the baler ‘weave’ for you?

Vicon, part of the broader Kverneland Group, launched a cluster of new products and updates over the past year. Nestled...

More severe strain of bird flu wreaks havoc in China
More severe strain of bird flu wreaks havoc in China

Countries trading in Chinese poultry should step up surveillance at their own farms, markets and border checkpoints, to prevent the...

Brazilian beef and poultry industry plunged into major scandal
Brazilian beef and poultry industry plunged into major scandal

Authorities in Brazil have suspended over 30 government officials in response to allegations that some of the country’s biggest meat...

Case IH wheels out its ‘big hitters’ at Louth open day
Case IH wheels out its ‘big hitters’ at Louth open day

Farmers and contractors in Co. Louth were able to see and try out some of the latest Case IH tractors...