Rural Life
Reminder: ‘Ford 100 Fest’ in Cork this weekend
The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest is set to take place on the ancestral home-farm...
Machinery
Machinery
Australians wheel out chaser bin with a 60t appetite
Chaser bins, of any size, are few and far between in Ireland. There are some – typically Horsch and Cross...
Machinery
Kverneland: 'Robotised ploughs to run 24/7 in the future'
In an interview with Kverneland’s own iM FARMING magazine, Per Varhaug set out his vision for the plough of the future....
Machinery
Have you got the makings of a silage-chopping 'pro'?
John Deere is searching for the UK and Ireland’s ‘Chopping Pro‘. To enter, you take a selfie – ideally in...
Machinery
Embarking on a road-trip in an old-school Valmet
A school teacher recently embarked, in his Valmet 604 tractor, on a “trip” from Denmark to Norway and back again....
Machinery
New dealer joining the Case IH family in the south-east?
It is believed that Case IH is in the midst of discussions with The Cooney Furlong Machinery Company, with a...
Machinery
Welger balers and Lely silage wagons to go Fendt 'green'?
AgriLand recently revealed that AGCO’s Challenger products, including its rubber-tracked tractor line-up, will be “integrated into the Fendt brand” here in Europe before...
Machinery
Fendt to open new dealership in the midlands
Fendt, part of the wider AGCO corporation, is to open a new dealership in Co. Offaly next month. The dealership...
Machinery
Pics and prices: Eye-catching tractors steal the show at UK auction
The 20th anniversary of Cheffins Harrogate Vintage Auction in the UK saw “high prices paid for vintage and classic machinery,...
Machinery
Pottinger tillage kit gets a 'roadshow' outing
Austrian tillage and forage equipment manufacturer Pottinger is currently embarking on a nationwide product roadshow; it kicked off recently in Co....
Machinery
Zetor branches out across the world to seek out new markets
Tractor manufacturer Zetor is continuing on its drive to break into new markets around the globe. The latest country to...
Machinery
'Fully driverless combine harvester by 2024'
An off-the-shelf combine harvester has been converted to automatically steer itself by a Russian technology company, at a “fraction of...
Machinery
Video: 42-woman crew tackles silage world record for charity
A crew comprising of 42 women – known as the ‘Grass Gals’ – harvested 30ac of silage at a record-setting...
Machinery
How is Kuhn faring...and where did it come from?
Kuhn recorded a strong increase in order intake during the first half of 2017; orders were up 6% to €523 million....
National Ploughing Championships
Big 'Kats' destined for the National Ploughing Championships
Slurry equipment manufacturer SlurryKat will attend this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly on September 19, 20...
Machinery
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...
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
Pics: Eye-catching classic tractors turn the sod at Cooley ploughing festival
The 2017 Convoy to Cooley Peninsula Ploughing Festival took place this weekend; the event was hosted in Riverstown. The festival included...
