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Machinery
Premier county contractor with prize-winning talents
Gary Abbott
Gary Abbott met with Tipperary contractor John Kennedy, to find out what it takes to run a successful business and his time developing the Tanco trailed butterfly mower and HiSpec Kompactor trailers.
8 March 2024 News
UCD and Teagasc receive €7m for new food programme
Coveney announces a new food and agriculture innovation and entrepreneurship training programme.
31 January 2024 News
ESB to recycle old wind turbine blades for new e-mobility hub
The semi-State body has partnered with Cork-based start-up BladeBridge to repurpose decommissioned wind turbine blades, a key problem facing wind farm developers.
Tapping into Ireland's Ireland’s €38bn offshore wind opportunity
Ireland’s offshore wind opportunity is immense, but in order to realise this potential, the Government must ensure not to put any more obstacles in the way of developers, says Wind Energy Ireland.
29 January 2024 Renewables
ATU opens new €1.9m biomass heat centre
The new biomass heat centre will generate hot water using woodchip and is projected to meet 80% of the heating needs for the teaching and learning building on the Letterkenny campus.
24 January 2024 News
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
3 January 2024 Northern Ireland
Big year ahead for IrBEA’s small-scale biogas project
Construction is set to commence on two small-scale biogas projects later this year, partially funded through the Irish Bioenergy Association's small biogas demonstration project.
2 January 2024 News
2023 rewind: some of the biggest machinery launches from this year
2023 was a year packed with new product launches here at home and abroad. Gary Abbott looks back on some of the more prominent machines unveiled over the past 12 months.
31 December 2023 Farm machinery
Funding boost for research projects on ash dieback and methane
Over €24m in research grants was announced for agriculture related projects last week. Anne O’Donoghue reports on a selection of the projects that received funding.
20 December 2023 Feature
Study tour challenges my 40 years of farming
Fermanagh farmer John Egerton had his eyes opened to different practices on a visit to England
29 November 2023 Northern Ireland
Young global innovators win James Dyson Award
The international design award has announced three global winners who will each receive €34,000 to support the next stages of their innovations, writes Sarah McIntosh.
18 November 2023 Education
Fonterra launches microbiome research centre in Cork
The new centre will research probiotics which can be used to improve health and wellness.
26 October 2023 News