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Cutting costs and minding soils with maize

Direct drill maize without plastic is not something you here about too often, but Tony Bell has his costs in order.

NEWS 21 May 2025

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Vintage tractor motoring in Monaghan

Vintage tractor motoring in Monaghan

NEWS 27 April 2025

Most badgers forage same fields as cattle

Most badgers forage same fields as cattle

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 April 2025

Landquip introduce compact mounted sprayer range

Landquip introduce compact mounted sprayer range

Landquip introduce compact mounted sprayer range

NEWS 26 March 2025

French police seizes €1.5m worth of stolen GPS kits

French police seizes €1.5m worth of stolen GPS kits

French police seizes €1.5m worth of stolen GPS kits

NEWS 19 March 2025

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Telematics: the key to farm efficiency

Telematics: the key to farm efficiency

Fergal O Sullivan* looks at the role of telematics and how it can help both contractors, farmers and machinery dealers improve efficiency by gathering real time data and monitor in field performance.

FARM MACHINERY 23 January 2025

Home Farm: Spring work underway

Home Farm: Spring work underway

As I write, we are sowing the beans. I was interested to see that our delivery came from Denmark.

VIEWPOINTS 23 January 2025

Setting up the spreader: understanding the difference between urea and compounds

Setting up the spreader: understanding the difference between urea and compounds

Peter Thomas Keaveney looks at the main steps involved in checking over the fertiliser spreader, and outlines the importance of adjusting the spreader depending on the type of fertiliser being spread.

NEWS 23 January 2025

Crops extravaganza date set for June

Crops extravaganza date set for June

The biennial open day will focus on spraying, new technologies and potato desiccation this year.

NEWS 23 January 2025

Home Farm: all systems go

Home Farm: all systems go

The first priority was to get the Roundup on the beans ground – it badly needs cleaning up before sowing.

VIEWPOINTS 23 January 2025

TAMS III grant aid for greater GPS accuracy

TAMS III grant aid for greater GPS accuracy

Gary Abbott looks at the grant aid available under TAMS III for GPS-controlled fertiliser spreaders, the factors to consider and how such machines achieve pin-point accuracy.

FARM MACHINERY 23 January 2025

Virtual fencing company improves battery lifetime to nine months

Virtual fencing company improves battery lifetime to nine months

Nofence, founded by goat farmer Oscar Hovde in Norway in 2011, said that the collar will require a single charge, depending on usage patterns, for smaller livestock.

NEWS 23 January 2025

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Home care an attractive alternative to nursing homes for farming families

The average person living in a nursing home under the Fair Deal Scheme pays €362.10/week in fair deal fees and an additional €53 in nursing home service charges.

Home care an attractive alternative to nursing homes for farming families

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