N.Ireland
Irish team arrive in Estonia for 69th World Ploughing Contest
The Irish team have arrived in Tartu, Estonia for the 69th World Ploughing Contest (WPC) that will get underway next...
Ploughing
N.Ireland
Donegal man is overall winner at Six Nations Ploughing
Co. Donegal man Alan Simms took overall champion of the field at the recent Six Nations Ploughing Championships in Scotland. The...
Arable
Scottish Ploughing Championships to be held in Ayrshire for the second time
This year’s Scottish Ploughing Championships will be held in Ayrshire for the second time ever in its 59-year history. The...
N.Ireland
Irish ploughing team retains world champion titles
In Latvia on Saturday, October 14, two Irish ploughmen maintained their status as world champions at the World Ploughing Contest....
Agri-Business
Lemken reports 25% sales boost in 2022
Lemken enjoyed record sales during its last financial year with total sales topping out just short of €600 million. This...
Agri-Business
Top Pottinger ploughs take to the land
Big tractors pulling big ploughs need big wheels, or even tracks, to apply the available power to the ground. This,...
Agri-Business
Lemken eases the transport of big furrow presses
With tractors and implements getting bigger, farmers are often up against the problem of excessive width when needing to move...
Agri-Business
NAAC publishes survey of agricultural contracting prices
The National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) in the UK has released its latest survey of contracting prices. Not surprisingly,...
Agri-Business
2022 World Ploughing Contest in Russia cancelled
The World Ploughing Contest 2022, which was set to be held in Russia in August, has been cancelled after that...
Machinery
Machinery Focus: To plough or not plough?
10 years ago, researchers at Harper Adams University in Shropshire in the UK set out on a long-term project to...
Machinery
Young farmers plan 24-hour plough in 60-year-old tractor
It might be a bit rusty around the edges and pack a tiny 25hp, but young farmers in the Northern...
Arable
The impact of tillage farming on soil ecosystems
The impact of tillage farming on soil ecosystems has been likened to creating a ‘gangsters’ paradise’ by one of the...
Agri-Business
Tracey and Whelan ploughing in US today and tomorrow
Eamonn Tracey and John Whelan are competing in the World Ploughing Championships today and tomorrow – August 30 and 31....
Rural Life
Storm Ali: Europe's largest agricultural show postponed for the morning
The starting time for day two of Europe’s largest agricultural show, the National Ploughing Championships, has been postponed due to...
N.Ireland
Horsepower: 'It's like an athlete - the more often you do it, the better you get'
Ploughing with horses is an art which takes time and practice, champion ploughman Victor Scott from Limavady, Co. Derry explains....
N.Ireland
Ploughman who battled cancer nominated as farming's 'Unsung Hero'
A young ploughman who battled Leukemia has been nominated as Northern Ireland farming’s ‘Unsung Hero’. Speaking as part of AgriLand’s...
National Ploughing Championships
Irish team 'shines' at European ploughing championships
Jer Coakley from Cork and Dan Donnelly from Wexford did their country proud at the European Ploughing Federation (EPF) championship...
Rural Life
Video: Farmer ditches modern machinery in favour of horses
A farmer in Co. Louth has decided to ditch modern machinery in favour of ploughing, cultivating and harvesting with horses....
