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Krone celebrate 30 years of the famous BiG M

Krone first introduced its 300hp BiG M self-propelled mower back in 1996. With 330 units sold in Ireland since, Peter Thomas Keaveney looks at its development over the years.

FARM MACHINERY 8 July 2026

Krone celebrate 30 years of the famous BiG M

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Farmer Writes: I'm blissfully living in a 1970s timewarp

Farmer Writes: I'm blissfully living in a 1970s timewarp

FARMER WRITES 1 July 2026

Grass 2026: the battle of the combi baler wrappers

Grass 2026: the battle of the combi baler wrappers

FARM MACHINERY 6 May 2026

Bigger is better for Tyrone farmer and his 52-foot rake

Bigger is better for Tyrone farmer and his 52-foot rake

Bigger is better for Tyrone farmer and his 52-foot rake

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 6 May 2026

Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 16 April 2026

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

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”.

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 10 September 2025

Amazone Avant delivers strength, speed and reliability in tough Irish conditions

Amazone Avant delivers strength, speed and reliability in tough Irish conditions

Tom Garaghty works with Oliver Conroy Plant and Agri, a, Co Westmeath-based slurry, silage and tillage contractor, long-time Amazone customers who previously operated the AD-P and Centaya drills.

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 10 September 2025

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Ryan Bole is part of J Wilson Contracts in Co Antrim. Available for all kinds of work from slurry to reseeding, sowing to silage, today they are ploughing for potatoes with two Amazone ploughs.

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 10 September 2025

'One of our best machinery purchases ever': Jim Mulhall on the Amazone ZA-V

'One of our best machinery purchases ever': Jim Mulhall on the Amazone ZA-V

'I’d go far as saying in all the machines and all the years we’ve been buying machinery here, this is probably one of the best purchases we’ve ever made.'

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 10 September 2025

New metal, technology and innovation lights up 2025 Ploughing

New metal, technology and innovation lights up 2025 Ploughing

Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott take a look at some of the new machine launches, and new technolgy, innovation and electrification of machinery on show at last week's Ploughing in Tullamore.

NEWS 10 September 2025

Fastparts to display broad implement ranges

Fastparts to display broad implement ranges

Fastparts, the sister company to the well-known Krone, Amazone and Quicke importer Farmhand will once again put on a broad display of implements and attachments at the Ploughing.

FARM MACHINERY 10 September 2025

Farmhand to celebrate the best of new and old

Farmhand to celebrate the best of new and old

To celebrate 25 years of Krone Big X foragers, machinery progression will be the dominant theme on the Farmhand stand at the Ploughing, where it will showcase one of the first Big X models sold.

FARM MACHINERY 10 September 2025

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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