Machinery
New driver-less ‘concept’ tractor from John Deere breaks cover
John Deere has been making headlines this week – thanks in no small part to the public unveiling of an...
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Agri-Business
Welsh cross-industry forum discusses low beef prices
Stakeholders from across the Welsh beef industry came together on Wednesday (September 25) to discuss current low prices that are...
Agri-Business
Farmer given suspended jail sentence after livestock left to die in field
A farmer who left livestock to die in a frozen field has been given a 16-week jail sentence suspended for...
Beef
Entries open for second Premier Beef & Lamb Championships
The second ever Royal Ulster Premier Beef & Lamb Championships were launched today (September 25) amid a context of unease...
N.Ireland
Trailer carrying livestock overturns in Armagh
A tractor towing cattle in a livestock trailer earlier today had an incident when the trailer toppled over in Co....
Beef
Welsh farmers meet UK minister to seek beef chain investigation
Welsh farmer organisation the National Farmers’ Union Cymru has confirmed that it is meeting with the UK Minister of State at...
Beef
Northern farmers to hold meeting on beef sector issues
A number of groups that represent Northern Irish beef farmers will host a meeting focused on beef sector issues next...
Machinery
Date and site confirmed for FTMTA Grass & Muck 2020
The Farm Tractor & Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) has announced that ‘Grass & Muck’ will return to Gurteen College on...
Machinery
MF to launch ‘new’ 4-cylinder, 135-180hp tractors
Massey Ferguson will shortly introduce updated 6700 S Series tractors, with five “new” models having maximum powers from 135hp to...
Beef
Welsh farmers set to protest against ‘subsidised Irish beef’
Farmers in Wales are set to protest at Holyhead Port in Anglesey in Wales later this week, for the purpose...
Machinery
New electro-mechanical gearbox for high-power John Deere tractors
John Deere has been awarded a gold medal and three silver medals by a DLG (German Agricultural Society) jury ahead...
Machinery
Claas to launch new MAN-powered 925hp flagship forager
Claas will shortly introduce a new top-of-the-range (MAN-powered) 925hp Jaguar 990. It will be the most powerful self-propelled forage harvester...
Agri-Business
Environment Secretary champions Welsh food and farming industry
Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers has this week met key members of the thriving Welsh farming, food and drink industries, while...
Agri-Business
Whelan: No-deal tariffs will ‘wipe out total profitability’ from NI dairy
No-deal Brexit tariffs will “wipe out total profitability” from the Northern Irish dairy industry, group CEO of Dale Farm Nick...
Agri-Business
Whelan: No-deal tariffs will ‘wipe out total profitability’ from NI dairy
No-deal Brexit tariffs will “wipe out total profitability” from the Northern Irish dairy industry, group CEO of Dale Farm Nick...
Agri-Business
'Dozens' of jobs under threat as budget cuts crunch at James Hutton Institute
‘Dozens’ of jobs are understood to be under threat as budget cuts hit one of the UK’s most prestigious agricultural...
Machinery
How many new tractors are being sold across Europe?
96,428 new ‘tractors’ were registered across Europe during the first six months of 2019. That’s according to CEMA – the...
Machinery
John Deere unveils its new-look 6M Series
John Deere has developed a “new” 6M Series tractor range. The line-up includes four new four-cylinder models from 90hp to...
