N.Ireland
Voluntary AD certification scheme could improve farm businesses
The “most comprehensive scheme of its type” has been launched to certify Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants in the UK. The voluntary,...
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N.Ireland
Voluntary AD certification scheme could improve farm businesses
The “most comprehensive scheme of its type” has been launched to certify Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants in the UK. The voluntary,...
Machinery
John Deere revamps 'Europe's best-selling tractor range': But which range is it?
John Deere claims that its 5M Series is Europe’s best-selling tractor range. It recently announced a number of improvements for...
N.Ireland
'Keep our farmers farming and we will deliver safe food'
As we head into 2018, the president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), Barclay Bell, remains positive – despite all of...
Machinery
Tractor focus: Is this 'Young Turk' a runner here in the Emerald Isle?
The marketing departments of the tractor manufacturers must dream of actually coming across the sort of farm they fondly imagine...
Arable
Why does Horsch hold '87%' of the trailed drill market?
As phosphate is predicted to be running out efficiency of its use is becoming ever more important. Combined drilling may...
Machinery
Just weigh and go: Your own on-farm weighbridge for €8,000
UK-based company Griffith Elder is bringing one of the more unusual exhibits to January’s LAMMA show. The company will showcase...
N.Ireland
Soil: Taking the pressure off this winter
You might feel like you need tracks – or maybe even a raft – to cope with some of the...
Arable
Soil: Taking the pressure off this winter
You might feel like you need tracks – or maybe even a raft – to cope with some of the...
N.Ireland
2018 New Year's Honours list: NI farming champions in the mix
A Dungannon cattle dealer’s son who came up with the idea for a multi-mullion pound meat business on the back...
Machinery
Classic corner: American-built beast musters the muscle in Kilkenny
When it comes to farming there are two things that Pat Carrigan is passionate about – John Deere tractors and...
Machinery
Classic corner: A 1980s Lamborghini - it's no sports car; it's better than that!
Lamborghini is a household name when it comes to exotic automotive engineering. Maybe its tractor sales suffered by this association...
Machinery
Curious about a machinery dealership's income: What pays the bills?
CLIMMAR – a network of farm machinery dealers across much of Europe – held a press conference last month, at...
N.Ireland
Department consults on Ash Dieback measures as spread continues
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a consultation on its approach to Ash Dieback as the...
N.Ireland
Dairy UK new technical training scheme to boost farm profitability
Dairy UK and the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, (CAFRE) have joined forces to develop a technical training...
N.Ireland
NI indepth: Farming with WhatsApp and taking Brexit by the horns
It’s not easy being a Co. Down man at the top of Scottish agri-politics while also running an 800-cow dairy...
Machinery
Chart: Which tractor brands are ranked the best...and worst?
A ‘European dealer satisfaction survey‘ has turned up some interesting findings; in which major tractor manufacturers have effectively been ranked...
Machinery
Latest wrapper can still do 5 bales in three minutes, but now it's 'easier'
Tanco is one of several Irish manufacturers that will be showing its wares at the upcoming LAMMA show in the...
