N.Ireland
Farmer fined after 14-year-old involved in slurry accident
A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined £1,000 (€1,138) today, after a slurry accident saw a teenage casual employee fall unconscious...
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N.Ireland
Farmer fined after 14-year-old involved in slurry accident
A Co. Tyrone farmer has been fined £1,000 (€1,138) today, after a slurry accident saw a teenage casual employee fall unconscious...
N.Ireland
TB update: Chief vet says 'better surveillance' pushing up TB incidence rates
TB rates in the North have hit their worst in more than a decade, according to the latest DAERA figures,...
Machinery
Latest-generation Claas Jaguar hits Ireland - but how does it affect the bottom line?
Having been on tour all over the UK, a latest-generation ‘demo’ Claas Jaguar 970 forage harvester popped up here in Ireland...
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
Farmhand espouses family values and state of independence
One of the last independent family-owned farm machinery distributors in the country, Farmhand is looking to expand its Damastown facility to...
Machinery
Auction report: Video, pics and prices from 'tidy' tractor and machinery sale
Major “on-site” machinery dispersal sale (auction) events come up just a handful of times in any given year here in...
N.Ireland
Poll results: Almost 40% of farmers fear fodder shortage this winter
Poor weather across the island has left many farmers facing a very bleak winter, with significant numbers already concerned that...
N.Ireland
Poll results: Almost 40% of farmers fear fodder shortage this winter
Poor weather across the island has left many farmers facing a very bleak winter, with significant numbers already concerned that...
Machinery
Video: Akpil is the new tillage brand on the block
Akpil tillage equipment is gaining momentum in the Irish tillage machinery market. Back in 2015 Des Walsh set off on...
Rural Life
Northern Ireland's most wildlife friendly farmer announced
Co. Down man Philip Bell has been selected as Northern Ireland’s most wildlife friendly farmer at the Farming Life and...
Machinery
McHale Plant Sales opens overseas depot in England
Machinery distributor, McHale Plant Sales, has opened a UK logistics centre near Leeds in West Yorkshire (England). It will be...
N.Ireland
Ambitious two-year target set for Northern land mobility scheme
As many as 100 land mobility agreements could be made between farmers in Northern Ireland by 2019, those behind the...
Agri-Business
Ambitious two-year target set for Northern land mobility scheme
As many as 100 land mobility agreements could be made between farmers in Northern Ireland by 2019, those behind the...
N.Ireland
How land mobility could push farm productivity
Better land mobility could push productivity rates and allow the North’s agricultural sector to grow, it has been claimed. The...
Agri-Business
How land mobility could push farm productivity
Better land mobility could push productivity rates and allow the North’s agricultural sector to grow, it has been claimed. The...
Machinery
New, affordable GPS tractor guidance system points the way
A new, simple GPS tractor guidance system is to make its European debut at Agritechnica next month. The system –...
N.Ireland
Land mobility: How does it work, how are profits split and what about subsidies?
A ‘land mobility’ programme aiming to pair up farmers into working partnerships and solve the problem of access to land...
