Tillage
Tillage: Transitioning to direct drill systems can take up to 10 years
Transitioning to min-till and direct drill production systems can take up to a decade, according to Lemken Ireland’s, Derek Delahunty. “This...
Plough
Machinery
Overum Industries returns as independent company
Back in April it was announced by New Holland that it was to sell the Overum plough business to FairCap,...
Sponsored
Minimise your tax bills with solar PV
With the year end fast approaching, now is the time to be planning on what can be done to minimise...
Environment
Managing buffer zones to protect water quality
The most recent ‘Tillage Edge’ podcast focuses on the role of buffer zones in protecting and enhancing water quality standards...
Tillage News
Ploughing 2023: Day 3 results
Day Three of this year’s National Ploughing Championships (NPC) at Ratheniska, Co. Laois yesterday (Thursday, September 21) saw the sun...
Machinery Focus
Machinery Focus: Kuhn reveals strategy to minimise ploughing
Kuhn, like all implement manufacturers, is well aware that good crops begin with good seedbeds of an appropriate tilth and...
Tillage
Tillage: Plough now if cover crop was established
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is confirming that tillage land, on which a green cover crop...
Machinery
Latest Pottinger and Fendt shown at tillage demo day
To coincide with the grassland season drawing to a close, Atkins Farm Machinery of Birr, along with Pottinger, held a...
Machinery Focus
Pics: Donohoe Agri and Kverneland join forces for tillage day
Kverneland has emerged from the ravages of the past two years with a vigour and enthusiasm for getting on with...
Sponsored
Watch: Calor provides instant hot water solution for Kilkenny dairy farmer
Access to hot water is crucial to Irish dairy farms. All farms require a reliable and consistent method of heating...
Machinery
Latest Lemken Juwel plough boasts low draught requirement
Lemken has reviewed its ploughs at the lighter end of its range and the latest Juwel model fills in the...
Machinery News
Carbon plough to be introduced by Lemken
Those people who are eagerly declaring the plough dead and gone have obviously not considered the ingenuity of research institutions...
Machinery Focus
Machinery Focus: To plough or not plough?
10 years ago, researchers at Harper Adams University in Shropshire in the UK set out on a long-term project to...
Machinery Focus
Machinery Focus photo review: The machinery
Farming has always been changing, it never stands still, and the constant renewal of the machinery fleet is testament to...
Machinery News
Pottinger launches plough for 500hp tractors
Last month Amazone proudly announced the launch of a plough suitable for tractors of ‘around 400hp.’ Within a couple of...
Machinery News
Amazone updates all implements across its range
In a comprehensive review of its product range, Amazone recently announced a raft of improvements and developments across the board....
Sponsored
Renowned sheep farming pair trust Tribamec Duo
Tribamec Duo combines Chanelle Pharma’s established products: Animec Oral solution for sheep and Tribex 5% oral suspension for sheep. The...
Machinery News
LEMKEN ploughs gain extra protection
LEMKEN has recently launched a new automatic plough protection mechanism which it has called OptiStone. It is available for its...
Tillage
How to make a plough from start to finish...don't try this at home
The plough is one of the most famous implements in farming and has fascinated many when working in the field....
Tillage
Major Lemken 'demo day' moved to next week
The Lemken ‘demo day’ is the latest event to be rescheduled due to the ‘Beast from the East’. The major...
Rural Life
Treasured plough stolen from Offaly village recovered
A famous green, metal, display plough that was stolen from a rural village in Co. Offaly has been recovered by...