Farm Safety
Farm-machinery safety will feature in new Macra-RSA partnership
A new initiative to improve road safety in rural areas – which will include a farm-machinery focus – has been...
Farm Safety
A new initiative to improve road safety in rural areas – which will include a farm-machinery focus – has been...
Machinery News
Doosan claims to have overcome the major problem that all loader drivers face, i.e. the large and highly critical blind...
Machinery News
Claas has introduced what it terms an ‘automatic trailer stretch brake’ option for its Arion tractors equipped with CMATIC constantly...
Tillage
Tillage farmers face a heavy workload at present, but perspective must be put on this workload. Rushing jobs can result...
Rural Life
A man has been hospitalised following an incident with a cow in Co. Clare this morning, Thursday, July 25, a...
Machinery
A maximum loading height of 6m for silage pits has been called for by the Association of Farm and Forestry...
Rural Life
The continuing upward trend in the number and severity of accidents in marts is cause for serious safety concern, according...
Beef
Cattle buyers and sellers have adjusted to new health and safety rules in livestock marts, according to the manager of Headford...
Beef
Just shy of 50% of farmers who responded to an AgriLand poll believe that ‘viewing times’ at livestock marts should...
Opinion
Enjoying a day out at the mart is a quintessentially Irish thing to do. It’s on a par with supporting...
Beef
From talking to mart managers and representatives from the farm organisations, it is clear that there are two sides to...
Opinion
The last year or so has seen the press filled with stories of elderly farmers killed by freshly-calved cows and...
Opinion
This weekend will be the busiest so far on Irish farms and rural roads in 2018. Over the past couple...
Opinion
Hats off to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) for producing such a wonderful 2018 calendar. The photography is splendid and...
Rural Life
The “over-zealous” nature of farm inspections in north Tipperary over recent years has not helped efforts to promote farm safety....
Rural Life
All road users are being urged to take extra care on Irish roads, as the number of tractors, trailers and...
Agri-Business
Agri-businesses will now be able to carry out risk assessments and create their own safety statements with a free online safety...
Rural Life
Rural Ireland seems to be an easy target for burglars, according to Robert O’Shea, an agri-contractor from Littleton, Co. Tipperary....