Farm machinery
For the latest news in farm machinery in Ireland, you need the Irish Farmers Journal. Browse below for reports, reviews, insights and videos spanning a diverse range of topics about new and vintage farm machinery, motors and more.
Tractor run organised by Fethard Macra takes places this Sunday
The Tipperary Macra club is aiming to raise money for South Tipp Hospice and Fethard Macra.
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Getting trailer maintenance right to safely haul all night
Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Clonbern in Co Galway to catch up with Damien from Feeney trailers, as he demonstrates a typical livestock trailer service
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Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Tom O’Keeffe, a Limerick man who set up his own slurry and dung spreading contracting business in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand in the spring of 2018.
Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks to Pa Nagle, a Clare man who has just set up his own Contracting business in New Zealand.
Peter Thomas Keaveney catches up with Wexford native Gavin Brownrigg to find out how he’s getting on selling some Irish built equipment in New Zealand.
Gary Abbott caught up with tillage contractor Brian Tallon harvesting fodder beet near Clogherhead. Brian and his son Andrew specialize in root crop harvesting.
Peter Thomas Keaveney reports from a visit to an on-farm sheep sale at Eskvale Station, which is located in North Canterbury on the South Island, New Zealand.
Peter Thomas Keaveney speaks to Brook Nettleton from Blue Grass Contracting in Matamata, a contracting business in the Waikato region in New Zealand who charge for harvesting traded grass and maize on a c/kg DM basis.
Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Wicklow brothers Pat and Andrew Doyle who have been in the forestry game since 1982, and recently took delivery of a new Komatsu 931xc, one of the first sold in Ireland.
Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with the Hartley family near Glenmore in south Kilkenny who recently took delivery of their new Belair Premium L, their second zero grazing machine in three years.
Based in Ballymacward, Co Galway, suckler farmer Paul Mulkerrins made the move to a skid steer back in 2016 and hasn’t looked back since. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott put the Massey Ferguson four-cylinder 200hp 6718S up against it’s the six-cylinder 200hp counterpart, the 7718S.
Toyota RAV4: hybrid v diesel economics
The challenge of driving hybrid over diesel remains topical and Michael Moroney put that issue to the test when he took the new generation Toyota RAV4 out on the road.
2020 will be a year to electrify motoring
As the new year begins, expect to see plenty of electric cars in showrooms across the country, writes Michael Moroney.
£132,000 County 1884 finds Wicklow home
Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Wicklow to catch up with Bill Keogh, who purchased a County 1884 at the Cheffins vintage sale.
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At the Mitsubishi hybrid electric event, you’ll get all the information you need from the world’s best-selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicle brand.
SPONSOREDColostrum Management "I don't have time for scouring calves" says Wicklow farmer
Colostrum is the single most important nutrient for the newborn calf as it contains high levels of energy, growth promoters, vitamins and immunoglobulins.
SPONSOREDReduce labour next spring, vaccinate early this winter
Now is the time to plan to reduce the workload in the busy spring and introduce some laboursaving solutions to make life easier and more effective for both man and beast.
SPONSOREDPowering the future with Marshill Renewables
Marshill Renewables is seeking farmers and land-owners to rent their land for the construction of wind turbines in the Republic of Ireland.
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