Peter Thomas Keaveney

pkeaveney@farmersjournal.ie

2026 new tractor registrations up 47% on the year

New tractor sales in the Republic of Ireland are up 47% for the year to date, while sales in Northern Ireland are up 92%, writes Peter Thomas Keaveney.

NEWS 18 March 2026

2026 new tractor registrations up 47% on the year

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Ten harvesters cutting 120,000 acres

Ten harvesters cutting 120,000 acres

FARM MACHINERY 18 March 2026

Zetor celebrates 80 years of tractors

Zetor celebrates 80 years of tractors

FARM MACHINERY 18 March 2026

Amazone celebrates 25 years of building Catros compact disc harrow

Amazone celebrates 25 years of building Catros compact disc harrow

Amazone celebrates 25 years of building Catros compact disc harrow

NEWS 18 March 2026

Bednar appoints first dealer in the West

Bednar appoints first dealer in the West

Bednar appoints first dealer in the West

NEWS 11 March 2026

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Self-propelled Vervaet doubles the output of two trailed beet harvesters

Self-propelled Vervaet doubles the output of two trailed beet harvesters

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with tillage contractor Andrew Tallon, who moved from two trailed Thyregod beet harvesters to one self-propelled Vervaet 617, and in doing so, doubled his output.

FARM MACHINERY 25 February 2026

Malone appoints new dealer in southeast

Malone appoints new dealer in southeast

Malone Farm Machinery, based in Co Mayo, has just appointed Murphy Motors to its growing dealer network.

NEWS 25 February 2026

2015 John Deere harvester makes €95,000 at contractor dispersal sale

2015 John Deere harvester makes €95,000 at contractor dispersal sale

Over 17,000 machinery enthusiasts and 350 active bidders took part in a Laois contractors’ online retirement dispersal auction, where 84 lots were offered with the sale achieving a 90% clearance rate.

NEWS 25 February 2026

Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

Compact JCB loader a gamechanger for busy Galway dairy farm

Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Co Galway to catch up with dairy farmer Thomas Murphy to see why he purchased a new JCB 403 compact wheel loader in 2024 and how it has performed to date.

FARM MACHINERY 25 February 2026

Chinese loaders account for over 40% of 2025 Irish loader sales

Chinese loaders account for over 40% of 2025 Irish loader sales

The growing influx of Chinese manufactured loaders has seen them acquire for over 40% of the 2025 wheel loader market in Ireland, while Manitou and JCB dominated the telehandler segment.

NEWS 25 February 2026

CNH and AGCO report drop in revenue for 2025

CNH and AGCO report drop in revenue for 2025

CNH Industrial full year revenues in 2025 dropped by 9%, while AGCO reported a 13.5% reduction in revenues for 2025.

NEWS 25 February 2026

Austrian firm appoints new Irish distributor

Austrian firm appoints new Irish distributor

Lasco has appointed JMS Agri & Forestry Machinery as its distributer for the island of Ireland.

NEWS 25 February 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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