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Machinery
CNH sells off plough business
Gary Abbott
CNH has took the decision to sell its Överum agricultural plough business to a German investment company and instead focus its resources completely on its core product lines.
1 May 2024 News
Amazone unveils new Cenio 4m mounted cultivator
Amazone has added a new addition to its Cenio range, unveiling its new Cenio 4000-2, which is a hydraulic-folding 4m mounted cultivator.
17 April 2024 Husbandry
Top tips for crop establishment in a difficult spring
Dermot Forristal of Teagasc, Oak Park, shares his top tips on cultivations and establishment in the current weather.
Self-propelled baler gaining popularity in the States
With a suckler and tillage enterprise alongside a machinery dealership, Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with the Vanden Hoek family in South Dakota to find out about their self-propelled Vermeer baler
17 April 2024 Farm machinery
More 'localised bursts' of rain - farmer
Noel Delaney has been measuring rainfall on his farm for the last 40 years and sends weather data to Met Éireann every day by text message.
17 April 2024 News
Krone and Lemken add front links and further develop autonomy project
Combined Powers, the joint autonomous tractor project between Lemken and Krone, has gained drive updates, front linkage and further developed autonomous process units for 2024 testing.
3 April 2024 News
Teagasc issues advice following fodder committee meeting
Teagasc has issued advice for both tillage and grassland farmers following a meeting of the National Fodder and Food Security Committee.
2 April 2024 News
2024 exemption granted for ACRES shallow cultivation requirement
Due to the recent adverse weather, an exemption has been applied to the environmental management of arable fallow action in ACRES.
27 March 2024 News
Watch: Kuhn demos latest wares in Kildare
Last autumn, Kuhn Center Ireland held a working tillage event in Athy, Co Kildare, showcasing a sample of the cultivation and seeding kit offered by the brand. Gary Abbott looks at the highlights.
13 March 2024 Farm machinery
Making the most of machine settings for tillage cultivations
Most modern machinery has a significant amount of adjustment capability. These adjustments are seldom utilised but they are there for a purpose to help you do a better job. Andy Doyle reports.
13 March 2024 Farm machinery
Letter highlighting the opportunity for a hemp crop
"Hemp potential untapped." - Kate Carmody, Beal Lodge, Asdee, Co Kerry
6 March 2024 Letters
Letter regarding the effects of stubble cultivation
"The population of yellowhammers in our area has decreased dramatically" - Leann Buttimer
31 January 2024 Letters