Grass
What is being charged for pit and baled silage in 2017?
There is a diverse range of silage cutting prices being quoted by agricultural contractors around the country as ‘silage season’...
Machinery
Machinery
Video: Watch 104 silage harvesters in action - in one field
The Great Grass Event has set a new world record for the number of self-propelled forage harvesters working simultaneously in one field. The...
Machinery
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...
Machinery
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...
Machinery
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...
Machinery
Video: 'Black beauty' Fendt fleet is a familiar sight in the north-west
Agricultural contracting businesses can sometimes happen by ‘accident’, when farmers progressively expand and employ their own machinery to do the...
Machinery
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...
Machinery
Finnish firm launches 400hp flagship tractor
Valtra recently expanded its 4th generation S Series upwards, with the addition of the new S394 model. Producing 405hp and...
Machinery
Video: Need to feed your silage faster? Check out this monster shear grab
Dutch firm AP Machinebouw recently designed and manufactured what is being described as the world’s biggest shear grab. The grab...
Machinery
Video: Multi-function 'systems tractor' earns its keep in Tullamore
For anyone who is a fan of big tractors, one that is sure to spring to mind is the Claas Xerion....
Machinery
Pics: Deere fleet tackles into silage campaign in Kilkenny...in April
Multi-depot John Deere dealer TFM sent in these pictures, showing one of its customers tackling into the 2017 silage campaign...
Machinery
Video: 190-hour MF 399 makes 'strong' price at major auction
Well-known global auction company Euro Auctions sold a Massey Ferguson 399 complete with a Massey Ferguson 885E front loader for an...
Rural Life
874 miles and almost 5 days on a 'lawn' tractor...but why?
Prison officer Andy Maxfield from Lancashire, England, is aiming to break a six-year-old Guinness World Record by driving from John...
Machinery
Chart: Fendt holds 4 of the 5 top positions in German tractor rankings
Registration statistics in Germany, for 2016, show that four Fendt tractor models are among the top-five models (of all brands)...
Machinery
Just what tyre do you fit to a tractor of this stature?
Michelin Tyres has recently fitted its largest set of agricultural tyres – the AxioBib IF 900/65 R46 – onto an...
Machinery
Global farm machinery 'giant' passes away
Robert J Ratliff, who founded agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO, has died. AGCO is the parent company which owns iconic brands...
Rural Life
'Intensive' farm inspection campaign set to focus on tractors and farm machinery
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is set to begin a ‘month-long, intensive’ farm inspection campaign on Tuesday, May 2,...
Machinery
Amazone opens new €20m 'state-of-the-art' paint facility
German machinery manufacturer Amazone – represented here in Ireland by Farmhand – has opened a new €20 million paint facility...
