Next week sees the highly anticipated return of the biennial indoor FTMTA Farm Machinery Show to Punchestown Event Centre, from Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 November.
This year’s rendition of the show is expected to total 18,000 square metres, some 4,000 square metres more than 2024.
This will make it the largest edition of the show in the event’s history, spanning 180 exhibitors amassed throughout nine separate halls.
The FTMTA Farm Machinery Show offers an ideal opportunity to see the latest machinery and technology on the one site, ahead of the 2027 buying season.
The event no doubt will serve as a valuable networking platform, bringing together thousands of like-minded visitors following what has been a busy season with plenty of challenges along the way.
The significance of the farm machinery industry in Ireland must not be understated.
This was backed up by the first economic report published by the FTMTA in partnership with IFAC. The report revealed that the sector is worth €4.76bn and provides 25,000 jobs. The farm machinery sector directly employs 14,926 people, with an additional 9,703 people indirectly employed, combing to total almost 25,000 jobs.
The sector’s total direct output is estimated at €2.57bn annually, which includes new and second-hand machinery sales, domestic manufacturing, imports, exports, spare parts and after sales services.
