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2001 New Holland TS115 fetches €26,500 at midlands auction
Gary Abbott
A 2001 New Holland TS115 and Tanco front loader topped Hennessy Auctioneers monthly machinery auction, selling for €26,500 plus fees last Saturday.
1 February 2023 News
JCB 542-70 Agri Pro Loadall
Northern Irish JCB dealers R Kennedy & Co exhibited JCB’s most recent 173hp 50km/h 542-70 Agri Pro Loadall at last week's Spring Farm Machinery Show held at the Eikon Exhibition Centre, Co Antrim.
4 January 2023 News
JCB Hydrogen engine on the brink of commercial production
JCB showcased the progression of its hydrogen combustion engine project recently, and Gary Abbott was there to see it in action.
New Holland TM115 scoops €23,500 at Cork auction
Some stand out prices included €23,500 for a clean New Holland TM115 range command tractor with a Rossmore FL80 front-end loader and €21,000 for a JCB JS 130 13t excavator with 9,500 hours.
1 January 2023 News
52% pass rate over five years on RSA tractor test
With 333 tractors tested by the RSA since tractor testing began in June 2018, Peter Thomas Keaveney takes a look at the figures and analyses the results to date.
28 December 2022 Farm machinery
333 ‘full’ RSA tractor tests since 2018
The Irish Farmers Journal has obtained figures on the number of and pass rate of 'full' RSA tractor tests since 2018.
28 December 2022 News
JCB brings competition to the compact telescopic loader market
JCB has added the 514-40 to its Loadall range, its smallest telescopic handler manufactured to date with a height of just 1.8m and width of 1.56m.
30 November 2022 News
Jalex in the money at RUAS Beef and Lamb
A Belgian Blue heifer from the Jalex herd topped the trade at the fifth RUAS beef and lamb championships.
23 November 2022 Northern Ireland
Fendt claim tractor of the year with new 700 series
Fendt, McCormick, New Holland and JCB have shared the spoils for the Tractor of the year 2023. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
16 November 2022 News
Mid-sized Schaffer suits Tyrone dairy farm
Gary Abbott finds out why the Schaffer 6680 T was the machine of choice for Tyrone dairy farmers Derek and John Edgar, five years on.
19 October 2022 Farm machinery