Knockbridge Vintage Day is taking place in Knockbridge just outside Dundalk on Sunday 10 September. They have a fantastic line up of attractions organised for the upcoming Vintage Rally including Entertainment by Declan Nerney | Extensive Displays of Vintage Tractors, Cars and Bicycles | Vintage Threshing and Working Area | Dog Show | Flower Arranging […]
The countdown is on to the fourth annual Tipperary Truck Show, which has become an integral part of the Dualla Show, on Sunday, August 27. Featuring custom, vintage and working trucks, this year’s Tipperary Truck Show promises to be the biggest and best yet. A fun day for all the family is assured at the […]
Hood Engineering & Agri Parts in Co Tyrone has established a strong bond with its customers since opening its doors in 2005. Founder Anthony Hood spoke to Irish Tractor & Agri recently and explained all about what exactly the business has to offer. These are busy times at Hood Engineering & Agri Parts and Anthony […]
Few farms in Ireland, if any, have embraced modern technology quite like Glen South Farm in Banteer, Co. Cork which was the first beef farm in Europe to introduce the innovative Lely Vector Feeding System in January 2014. Glen South Farm, which is owned by Frank Murphy, CEO of Monex Financial Services in Killarney, is […]
The most advanced grain harvesting technology from front to back is featured in the combines and headers John Deere is introducing for 2018. Four new S700 Series rotary combine models – the S770, S780, S785 and S790 for the UK and Irish markets – offer producers significant improvements in ‘smart’ technology, operator comfort and data […]
The new Merlo Turbofarmer TF33.7 is one of the machines set to make its debut at the forthcoming National Ploughing Championships when it will be unveiled to Irish farmers for the first time by distributor McHale Plant Sales. Also new from the Italian-made telehandler range will be the high-spec P27.6 Plus which features a 2,700kg […]
Jeremiah Duggan Agricultural Contractor Ltd is one of Cork’s longest established farm contracting firms. Established in 1959, the family-run business provides a complete service, including silage cutting, corn harvesting, baling, slurry spreading, dung spreading, hedge-cutting, excavation / drainage work and stone crushing. Operating from the middle of Dunmanway in West Cork, the company was set […]
Carroll Produce in Lusk, Co. Dublin is Ireland’s largest spring onion farm. Owned and run by Paul Carroll, the 400-acre holding also produces celery, leek, cabbage and lettuce of the highest quality. Paul has followed in his father Barney’s footsteps by growing vegetables on the family farm in north Co. Dublin. Barney grew tomatoes in […]
At this year’s National Ploughing Championships, taking place in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly in Ireland from 19-21 September 2016, Limerick-based Doosan Bobcat dealer, Adare Machinery, will be showing a wide array of new Bobcat and Doosan products for the farming and construction/rental markets. Attended by a record 283,000 visitors in 2016, the National Ploughing Championships […]
Gavin Cromwell is a farrier-turned-racehorse trainer based near Navan in Co. Meath. His passion for horses, coupled with the wealth of knowledge he has gained from working in various trainers’ yards, has enabled him to become a successful trainer in his own right. Horses have been part of Gavin’s life for as long as he […]
