Machinery News
FTMTA opens new online ticket sales portal for machinery show
The 2022 Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) Machinery Show is gathering momentum, with a large line up of...
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Machinery News
New head of FTMTA plans to showcase machinery industry
As the trade body for the farm machinery business in Ireland, the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) is...
Machinery
Buying farm machinery: What should you look out for?
With farm machinery becoming an increasingly important element in the business of farming today, particular care must be paid when...
Machinery
CEO of FTMTA to leave role in coming weeks
The Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) has confirmed that Gary Ryan will be leaving the position of Chief...
Machinery
TAMS to continue after current tranche deadline this week
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has today (Wednesday, January 13) confirmed the continuation of the...
Machinery
Guide published to improve safety of tractor-trailer braking
An updated edition of the ‘Look Behind You’ guide to tractor-trailer braking has been published by the Agricultural Engineers Association...
Machinery
FTMTA: 'Any return to normal looks like a very long-term prospect'
The Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) has urged its member businesses to prepare for a “very controlled environment”...
Machinery
New Zealand looks to Ireland for tractor drivers as scarcity continues
The shortage of seasonal workers willing to drive tractors during busy times of the year is being felt by contractors...
Beef
Video: Newfangled system of baling two forages into one
A contractor outside Birr, Co. Offaly, has been experimenting with methods to preserve extra forages that have been grown on...
Rural Life
Top tips for motorists sharing public roads with farm machinery
There is set to be an increased volume of farm machinery travelling on public roads in the coming weeks as...
Rural Life
3 men charged after £20,000 worth of farm equipment recovered at UK auction
In the UK, three men have been charged and are set to appear in court after farm equipment worth more...
Rural Life
Farm Safety Week: Tuesday's focus on Machinery and Transport
The Farm Safety Week initiative continues today, Tuesday, with the topic of ‘Machinery and Transport’ being the key theme focused on,...
Machinery
European farm machinery industry outlook is 'confident'
CEMA – an umbrella body representing the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry across Europe – says that the “general business climate...
Rural Life
Farm accidents to hospitalise 2,000 farmers this year
Farmers are more likely to be killed on-farm than on the roads, according to Eddie Wall, an inspector with the Health...
Rural Life
Drugs worth €730,000 found hidden in farm machinery
An Garda Siochana has made a massive seizure of drugs hidden among agricultural machinery over the past week. The strike, which...
Rural Life
Revealed: The 5 causes of most machinery accidents on the road
According to CEMA (European Agricultural Machinery Industry), a recent European study has found that more than four fifths (83%) of...
Rural Life
Man airlifted to hospital following farm machinery accident
A man in his 60s was airlifted to hospital yesterday (Saturday, May 27) after he was reportedly entrapped in farm machinery...
Rural Life
'Intensive' farm inspection campaign set to focus on tractors and farm machinery
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is set to begin a ‘month-long, intensive’ farm inspection campaign on Tuesday, May 2,...
