Machinery
'Electric-drive' Cat: Is this new, big shovel a sign of things to come elsewhere?
Caterpillar’s new ‘electric-drive’ loader – the 988K XE – apparently delivers 25% greater overall efficiency and up to 10% more...
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Pics: Keen interest in classic and vintage tractors across the country
With the country show and tractor road run schedule easing off a little, AgriLand was enthused to see such lofty...
Machinery
Trailer involved in death of young Offaly man had a 'design fault'
By Gearoid Keegan A young Co. Offaly man was killed in an accident involving a tractor-drawn trailer which had a design...
Machinery
Hooking up a slurry 'road-train': When one tanker just isn't enough
What can you do if you just can’t fit enough in your slurry tanker; hook another onto the rear? That’s what...
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Work twice as hard...with half the tractors
Here’s an interesting, though not entirely unique, idea from Canadian manufacturer Marcrest. Its so-called Dual Power Hitch is designed to be used with...
Machinery
Pics: Forager frenzy at Ford-themed machinery extravaganza in Cork
The West Cork Vintage Ploughing and Threshing Association’s Ford 100 Fest took place yesterday (August 27) on the ancestral home-farm of...
Rural Life
Under-threat curlews stage a comeback on Co. Antrim farm
For the first time in 20 years, curlew chicks have fledged at a Co. Antrim farm. Last year a pair...
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Under-threat curlews stage a comeback on Co. Antrim farm
For the first time in 20 years, curlew chicks have fledged at a Co. Antrim farm. Last year a pair...
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
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...
Rural Life
Donegal farmer 'shaken' after tractor gets caught up in bridge collapse
Farmer Seamus McColgan from Iskaheen, Muff, Co. Donegal, is said to be “quite shaken” after the tractor he was driving...
N.Ireland
Donegal farmer ‘shaken’ after tractor gets caught up in bridge collapse
Farmer Seamus McColgan from Iskaheen, Muff, Co. Donegal, is said to be “quite shaken” after the tractor he was driving...
N.Ireland
'Fairness and independence must remain key department objectives'
‘Fairness and independence must remain key objectives in the upcoming area-based schemes review of decisions.’ This was the message that...
N.Ireland
‘Fairness and independence must remain key department objectives’
‘Fairness and independence must remain key objectives in the upcoming area-based schemes review of decisions.’ This was the message that...
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....
Rural Life
North-west flooding leaves destruction in its wake
The flooding that struck the north-west of the country has left a trail of devastation in its wake in both...
