Congratulations are pouring in from all over the country and across the globe on this historic occasion as the Republic of Ireland Ploughing team had an outstanding performance to seize victory at the 69th World Ploughing Contest in Estonia. Eamonn Tracey from Carlow was crowned Supreme World Ploughing Champion (his third in a row) in the […]
Over 30 small businesses from across the country will get the opportunity to showcase themselves to almost 300,000 visitors at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, County Laois. The Local Enterprise Village, an initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices, will be located at the heart of this year’s National Ploughing Championships from the 17th to […]
The Sustainable Grassland Farmer of the Year competition for 2024 is open for entries. This is the eighth year of the competition, and the organisers are looking for grassland farmers who are growing and utilising high levels of grass in a sustainable way. “The Grass10 campaign has shown how better grassland management and utilisation, has […]
In the same year it celebrates 60 years of tractor production, the New Holland plant at Basildon, England, is now marking the manufacturing of its two millionth tractor, a feat managed by only a handful of such facilities across the world. The two millionth unit is a 225hp T7.225, one of the most popular T7 […]
CLAAS has added four new VOLTO models to the top end of the tedder product range and introduced numerous innovative solutions. A particular highlight is the TS version with self-steering chassis in the working position, available for both working widths. Up until now, the CLAAS tedder programme covered working widths from 4.50 to 13.00 m. […]
NPA have announced that Certa will again be the official fuel sponsor for this year’s National Ploughing Championships & European Vintage Contest taking place in Ratheniska, Co Laois on September 17th, 18th & 19th. Celebrating the return of this successful partnership, over one hundred promotional road sign billboards have been installed at key locations throughout the […]
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) are appealing to motorists to take extra care as the number of tractors, trailers and other farm machinery using the roads increases during the summer season. The RSA and the IFA are this week running a radio and social media campaign aimed at raising […]
Carbery Group and BiOrbic’s Farm Zero C project has won two awards at the 2nd National Dairy Awards which took place in the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise on June 13th. The National Dairy Awards recognises the dedication, innovation and hard work across the dairy sector from primary producers to dairy processors. It also highlights […]
A 50-strong lineup of classic and vintage tractors, along with a rare collection of historical vehicles, has generated huge interest and some strong bidding leading to excellent hammer prices at a sale hosted by machinery auctioneers, Cheffins. The Manor Park Farm Collection, which was owned by Peter and David Ingall and has been acquired over […]
Farmers will get their first look at John Deere’s new S7 Series combines at Cereals as the company showcases a whole range of product launches and updates announced in the past few months. Hugely popular across the world, four new models are now available to arable farmers from the 449hp S7 700 up to the […]
