Duncan Ag has been designing and manufacturing agricultural equipment in New Zealand for nearly 80 years. Today it supplies a range of machinery throughout the world, including seed drills, bale feeders, cultivators, trailers, spreaders, mowers and cranes.
While Duncan Ag has had a distributor in the UK for its drills and bale feeders, it has never had a presence in Ireland until now.
Co Kildare farmer Tom Tierney has been trialling a Duncan Renovator Classic drill for the past two years and has just become an independent agent for Duncan Ag equipment.
Tom owns a 300-acre farm near Naas, where he grows winter- and spring-sown barley, wheat, oats, OSR and beans. Until recently he established all his crops using a traditional plough-based system.
Tom visited the Duncan Ag factory while on holiday in New Zealand in late 2014 to ask about a no-till direct drill. He came away surprised at how affordable it was to own a Duncan drill.
The company arranged for a 3.0m Duncan Renovator Classic demo drill to be sent to Tom to trial. He used it on loan for two seasons, sowing cereals, rape, protein crops and pasture, all with impressive results.
Tom has since purchased the machine and says one of its biggest advantages is that ploughing is no longer required.
“The Duncan Renovator drill has proven to be a robust, yet simply designed machine that is easy to calibrate, maintain and operate in all terrains, whether the land is ploughed, min-tilled or no-tilled,” he says.
“It can sow a wide range of seeds from grass and rape to beans, at any depth required. With dual boxes, you have an option to drill all seed, or seed and starter fertiliser together. It is also an ideal machine for drilling cover/catch crop mixes and companion crops.”
Duncan Ag chief executive Craig McIsaac approached Tom in March this year to be an independent agent representing the Duncan seeders and bale feeders in Ireland.
Direct sowing
All of Duncan Ag’s seed drill models can be used for direct sowing into grazed-off or spayed-off paddocks, as well as for minimum or no-till cropping. Craig says Duncan drills are perfectly suited to Irish conditions and the country’s move towards more pasture-based dairying.
“Tom has used his drill to sow pasture, but also crops such as beans, barley and rape. Our drills can under-sow or go into worked ground,” Craig says.
“Tom will be an independent agent and sell directly on our behalf. We’ll ship container loads of machines to Ireland once he’s got a few orders.
“It’s quite exciting. South Africa and Australia are our main export markets at the moment, but we see great potential in the northern hemisphere.”
Tom is equally optimistic about becoming an independent agent for Duncan drills, and says they offer exceptional value for money.
“No other new machine on the Irish market today can price match on specs to a Duncan,” Tom says.
“I would like other like-minded Irish farmers to have the same opportunity as I did, to own a cost-effective and reliable machine ideally suited to Irish conditions.”
Duncan also offers its Agmech
range of forage feed-out machines, which can be used to feed out baled haylage or silage in the field, on
feedlots, or in the shed.
Duncan Ag held a static display at the Grass & Muck 2016 event in May at Roscrea, Co Tipperary, where they displayed a Duncan Renovator Classic drill, an Ecoseeder drill and an Ecofeeder single round bale feed-out machine, which are now also available through Tom Tierney.
At the Ploughing in Screggan, Tullamore, it will exhibit an Ecoseeder drill and an Ecofeeder feed-out machine on the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise stand.
Tom Tierney is available at 086 811 5565 for further information on the Duncan Ag drills and bale feeders.
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Duncan Ag has been designing and manufacturing agricultural equipment in New Zealand for nearly 80 years. Today it supplies a range of machinery throughout the world, including seed drills, bale feeders, cultivators, trailers, spreaders, mowers and cranes.
While Duncan Ag has had a distributor in the UK for its drills and bale feeders, it has never had a presence in Ireland until now.
Co Kildare farmer Tom Tierney has been trialling a Duncan Renovator Classic drill for the past two years and has just become an independent agent for Duncan Ag equipment.
Tom owns a 300-acre farm near Naas, where he grows winter- and spring-sown barley, wheat, oats, OSR and beans. Until recently he established all his crops using a traditional plough-based system.
Tom visited the Duncan Ag factory while on holiday in New Zealand in late 2014 to ask about a no-till direct drill. He came away surprised at how affordable it was to own a Duncan drill.
The company arranged for a 3.0m Duncan Renovator Classic demo drill to be sent to Tom to trial. He used it on loan for two seasons, sowing cereals, rape, protein crops and pasture, all with impressive results.
Tom has since purchased the machine and says one of its biggest advantages is that ploughing is no longer required.
“The Duncan Renovator drill has proven to be a robust, yet simply designed machine that is easy to calibrate, maintain and operate in all terrains, whether the land is ploughed, min-tilled or no-tilled,” he says.
“It can sow a wide range of seeds from grass and rape to beans, at any depth required. With dual boxes, you have an option to drill all seed, or seed and starter fertiliser together. It is also an ideal machine for drilling cover/catch crop mixes and companion crops.”
Duncan Ag chief executive Craig McIsaac approached Tom in March this year to be an independent agent representing the Duncan seeders and bale feeders in Ireland.
Direct sowing
All of Duncan Ag’s seed drill models can be used for direct sowing into grazed-off or spayed-off paddocks, as well as for minimum or no-till cropping. Craig says Duncan drills are perfectly suited to Irish conditions and the country’s move towards more pasture-based dairying.
“Tom has used his drill to sow pasture, but also crops such as beans, barley and rape. Our drills can under-sow or go into worked ground,” Craig says.
“Tom will be an independent agent and sell directly on our behalf. We’ll ship container loads of machines to Ireland once he’s got a few orders.
“It’s quite exciting. South Africa and Australia are our main export markets at the moment, but we see great potential in the northern hemisphere.”
Tom is equally optimistic about becoming an independent agent for Duncan drills, and says they offer exceptional value for money.
“No other new machine on the Irish market today can price match on specs to a Duncan,” Tom says.
“I would like other like-minded Irish farmers to have the same opportunity as I did, to own a cost-effective and reliable machine ideally suited to Irish conditions.”
Duncan also offers its Agmech
range of forage feed-out machines, which can be used to feed out baled haylage or silage in the field, on
feedlots, or in the shed.
Duncan Ag held a static display at the Grass & Muck 2016 event in May at Roscrea, Co Tipperary, where they displayed a Duncan Renovator Classic drill, an Ecoseeder drill and an Ecofeeder single round bale feed-out machine, which are now also available through Tom Tierney.
At the Ploughing in Screggan, Tullamore, it will exhibit an Ecoseeder drill and an Ecofeeder feed-out machine on the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise stand.
Tom Tierney is available at 086 811 5565 for further information on the Duncan Ag drills and bale feeders.
Read more
Full coverage: Ploughing 2016
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