Champion sire Galileo returns to his stable at Coolmore Stud after a pick of grass during the 2017 ITM Irish Stallion Trail. \ Healy Racing
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The Dealer hears that Coolmore is turning heads yet again with its most recent purchase. This time it’s not a farm but an impressive piece of kit – a top of the range John Deere self-propelled sprayer.
It’s believed the stud has recently taken delivery of a 240hp John Deere R4040i featuring a 4,000l tank, a 280l/min solution pump and boom options from 24m to 36m.
I’m told the basic model would retail at around €280,000 and, depending on the specification, could quickly go north of €300,000.
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The sprayer features GPS section control, hill climb training technology and the option of carbon fibre booms.
There are only a handful of these sprayers in the country and they are owned by large tillage farmers, mainly potato growers. By all accounts, no-one with less than 2,000ac of grain would contemplate the purchase.
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The Dealer hears that Coolmore is turning heads yet again with its most recent purchase. This time it’s not a farm but an impressive piece of kit – a top of the range John Deere self-propelled sprayer.
It’s believed the stud has recently taken delivery of a 240hp John Deere R4040i featuring a 4,000l tank, a 280l/min solution pump and boom options from 24m to 36m.
I’m told the basic model would retail at around €280,000 and, depending on the specification, could quickly go north of €300,000.
The sprayer features GPS section control, hill climb training technology and the option of carbon fibre booms.
There are only a handful of these sprayers in the country and they are owned by large tillage farmers, mainly potato growers. By all accounts, no-one with less than 2,000ac of grain would contemplate the purchase.
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