Machinery
Keenan 'vertical' feeder gets first run-out in Northern Ireland
The new Keenan vertical feeder will not provide a MechFiber standard feed-mix, according to the company’s Irish Sales Manager Cathal...
farm machinery
Machinery
Is this the ideal 'no frills' yard tractor for your farm?
Are you looking for a basic ‘jump-on-and-go’ tractor for yard-work? McCormick might just have the answer. Originally developed for other...
Machinery
Could you win the tractor driving championship?
John Deere and Michelin are looking for Europe’s best tractor driver. The two companies are hosting the ‘European Drivers’ Championship’ in...
Machinery
Calling all 'green-blooded' fanatics: Did this John Deere gearbox pass you by?
Something that got lost amidst the excitement surrounding updates to John Deere’s 6R Series tractors, quite some time ago, was an upgrade...
Machinery
Details 'unfold' of Berthoud's latest sprayers
Berthoud – a French firm that is known to many Irish tillage farmers – has launched new mounted and trailed...
Machinery
Krone looks to Liebherr for muscle – for its 'mid-sized' foragers
Krone’s Big X 700 and 770 self-propelled forage harvesters will be powered by Liebherr V8 engines from this season onwards. The...
Machinery
Package of Pottinger upgrades for 2017 silage wagons
Austrian company Pottinger, the world’s biggest manufacturer of self-loading silage wagons by some margin, has announced a package of new...
Machinery
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...
Machinery
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,...
Machinery
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...
Machinery
Video: The best tractors and machines on show at SIMA 2017
The massive SIMA show took centre-stage last week in Paris Nord Villepinte. It ran from from Sunday, February 26 until Thursday,...
Rural Life
Video: Dramatic footage of slurry tank crashing through a garden wall
Footage from CCTV cameras captured the moment a slurry tank crashed through a garden wall in Northern Ireland on Friday,...
Machinery
Should the equivalent of an NCT be introduced for tractors?
Last week saw a coroner in Northern Ireland call for the introduction of MOT/NCT tests for all farm machinery. It...
Machinery
Irish buyers compete at UK machinery sales as prices climb
Irish buyers continued to compete with continental and domestic buyers at UK agricultural machinery sales as stock levels fall. Plenty...
Machinery
EU farm machinery regulations need to change - study
EU regulation of tractors and farm machinery needs to undergo ‘a veritable U-turn’, according to a new study published by...
Machinery
Video: 300 horsepower Case crowned international 'Tractor of the Year 2017'
The Case IH Optum 300 CVX has been voted the international ‘Tractor of the Year’ for 2017, from a shortlist...
Rural Life
7 tips to help prevent fires around farm machinery
Last week in the Bansha area of Co. Tipperary local fire services were called out to a fire involving a...
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5 things you need to know about SBCI's multi-million farm machinery fund
Earlier this month a €50m fund for farmers or farm contractors buying or leasing farm machinery was confirmed by the...
