N.Ireland
Funk and Ford: A long and challenging relationship
The history of tractor development is littered with tales of inter company rivalry, devious plots and various happy coincidences, that...
Ford
Machinery
County: The choice of ploughmen everywhere
Ploughing is hard work – slicing through a soil’s structure, then lifting the weight of it and turning it over...
Agri-Business
Machinery: Irish Rovers return after epic UK tractor run
Setting off from the very northern tip of Scotland in the first week of May, on a cabless tractor, heading...
N.Ireland
Watch: Ferguson prototype tractor arrives ‘home’ in Belfast
The prototype black tractor created by Henry ‘Harry’ Ferguson has returned home to Belfast, and is now on display at...
N.Ireland
1974 – a year of consolidation for the machinery industry
Companies and organisations are always keen to celebrate a golden jubilee, whether it be of the company itself or a...
N.Ireland
Watch: Blackwater Tractor Run sees large turnout in Wexford
The Blackwater Tractor Run is an annual event with a different charity being chosen to benefit from the proceeds each...
Machinery
Machinery Focus: The phenomenon that is the Ford 7000
The much loved Ford 7000 represents the pinnacle of Ford’s development of its 6X range, the original tractors of which...
Machinery
Machinery Focus: A brief history of New Holland and its rise
There are people of a certain generation who cannot see a blue and black tractor without immediately thinking it a...
Machinery
Machinery Focus: Cavitation and Ford’s famous porous blocks
During the 1960s and 1970s, Ford had a notable problem with its tractor engines due to porous holes forming in...
Agri-Business
Unique County comes home for good after refurbishment
County tractors were, generally, regarded as the ultimate for ploughing, and in their heyday, these heavy-duty beasts were the 'go...
Machinery
'Blue Force' at the Vintage Tractor Show
The Blue Force Club is throwing an open invitation to all exhibits which cover the club’s remit for this year’s...
Machinery
New Holland looks to future after hitting major milestone
Amid “extraordinary circumstances” as Covid-19 continues to make its impact felt, agricultural machinery giant New Holland Agriculture has hit a...
Machinery
Video: ‘As long as you look after them, they last forever’
AgriLand paid a visit to Co. Cork to meet the owner (pictured above) of a nostalgia-inducing Ford TW-25 – a ‘working...
Machinery
Auction report: Ford / New Holland highlights from monster tractor sale
Monday, September 3, saw the latest monthly Cambridge Machinery Sales auction take place at Cheffins Auctioneers’ sale grounds in Sutton,...
Machinery
Distinctive blue ‘belle’ gets outing at Comber spud festival
Among the tractors taking over the square in Comber, Co. Down last weekend was a rather distinctive blue ‘belle’. The blue...
Machinery
So good they chopped it twice: ‘Mogeely’ mobilises the troops
Amidst searing sunshine, members of Mogeely Vintage Club gathered on Sunday (June 10) to put a barrage of classic tractors and machines through their...
Machinery
Top ‘drawer’ tractors? Silage from the eras at ‘Mogeely’ day out
Members of Mogeely Vintage Club gathered on Sunday (June 10) to put a barrage of classic tractors and machines through their paces. The venue...
Machinery
Raw 1970s power: What is a 'picture-perfect' Ford like this worth?
What has been described as “one of the most important collections of classic Ford and related tractors” was sold at...
