Machinery
Firms urged to take advantage of tax reliefs for plant machinery
Companies are being urged to act quickly to ensure they take full advantage of tax relief for the purchase of...
Machinery
Dairy
Dairy profits recover in 2020 according to Old Mill report
Dairy farmers’ profits recovered in 2019/20 after falling in 2018/19, largely due to reduced purchased feed costs, according to the...
Agri-Business
Silage 2020: This year’s top safety tips for farmers and contractors
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is reminding farmers and contractors to take extra care during the...
Agri-Business
Silage 2020: This year’s top safety tips for farmers and contractors
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) is reminding farmers and contractors to take extra care during the...
Machinery
Revisited: What takes place behind the scenes at the Keenan factory in Co. Carlow?
The following article is not necessarily beef related. However, we feel it deserves an honourable mention, as it’s not everyday...
Rural Life
Survey results: Which machinery brand comes out on top?
The ‘state of the nation’ survey – conducted with almost 3,000 farmer participants in recent weeks by AgriLand and Empathy...
Agri-Business
Machinery dealer makes £3m investment to expand 40-year-old business
Well-known English dealer RW Crawford has relocated to a £3 million purpose-built depot at Writtle, on the outskirts of Chelmsford,...
Opinion
Farmers should be forced to retire at 65
The last year or so has seen the press filled with stories of elderly farmers killed by cattle and other...
Machinery
Do you think you have a chance against a PTO?
Farming is the most dangerous occupation in Ireland. Last year, it accounted for over 50% of fatalities in all workplaces,...
Machinery
Disease for design: A Kilkenny man and his 'clever' bale collecting trailer
“I suppose you could say I have a ‘disease for design’. It’s not uncommon that I would be in the...
Rural Life
Premium machinery destroyed in massive blaze in Co. Roscommon
Machinery, worth hundreds of thousands of euros, has been destroyed in a major fire at a contractor’s yard in Co....
Machinery
Sit back and relax: Medal-winning combine sets itself
New Holland has notched up a silver medal at the upcoming Agritechnica show for its “pro-active and automatic” combine setting...
Machinery
Mowers, rakes and tedders: Prices revealed from FTMTA auction
An unreserved auction of tractors and farm machinery – organised by the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) –...
National Ploughing Championships
Fill your slurry tanker in less than 60 seconds
Colgan Agri, a Tullamore-based father-and-son contracting company, launched a mobile slurry tanker ‘Filling Arm’ at the National Ploughing Championships, in...
Machinery
Tractor pics and prices: Results from huge Punchestown auction
A sizeable unreserved auction of tractors and farm machinery – organised by the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA)...
National Ploughing Championships
Farm invention that cuts out 'hardship' and 'saves your back'
Ballyealan Engineering, an agri-engineering company in its infancy, launched the ‘Easy Arm’ at the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore, Co. Offaly...
National Ploughing Championships
Novel '3 in 1' trailer launched at the 'Ploughing'
A&W Engineering, an Irish manufacturer of “heavy-duty” trailers, is currently launching its new ‘3 in 1’ trailer at the National Ploughing...
National Ploughing Championships
Slurry technology to 'cut and dribble' its way to the 'Ploughing'
Mastek, an Irish manufacturer of low-emission slurry spreading machinery, is launching three new features for its range of Slurry Mate...
