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...
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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...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
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...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
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
A round baler that opens, closes and 'unblocks'...all by itself
Kuhn has upgraded its largest fixed-chamber round baler – the FB 3135 – with the introduction of a version with...
Machinery
Are these hydraulic connectors worth having on the back of your tractor?
First seen on the range-topping 1000 Series tractors, Fendt now offers ‘flat-face’ hydraulic couplings (FFCs) as optional extras on its...
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,...
Opinion
Coroner’s call for annual tractor inspections must be acted upon
Last week saw a coroner in Co. Armagh recommend the introduction of annual MOT inspections for farm machinery. The MOT...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
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
Video: Machinery show season is upon us
The agricultural machinery show season is upon us once more. The massive SIMA show, just outside Paris, takes place from February 26 to...
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Case IH ups its game with high-spec Luxxum
Case IH exhibited products from right across its range at this week’s LAMMA show in England. Like a number of other...