Rural Life
Couple spread the love with farm-themed wedding displays
A Donegal husband and wife have tapped into the wedding market with their handcrafted displays for hire that include a...
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Machinery
Focus on road performance with new BKT tanker tyre
BKT has just unveiled its latest tyre aimed at the agricultural equipment market, which it has dubbed the ‘Powertrailer SR...
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Watch: Rugby legend on tackling resistant worms in cattle
At this time of year, many farmers are organising their animal health plan and tackling resistant worms to cover their...
N.Ireland
UFU to query weight thresholds for tractors and equipment
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) is seeking changes to the gross weight thresholds for tractor and equipment combinations allowed on...
Machinery News
Abbey Agri Pro brings the trailing shoe to hilly ground
Abbey Machinery has taken note of the furore surrounding the exclusion of dribble bars from Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS...
Machinery Focus
Machinery Focus: Crossland Tankers' new slurry tanker
Crossland Tankers is a company which originally arose from the need to service farm equipment; it has now returned to...
Rural Life
Gardaí investigate theft of tractor and slurry tanker in Laois
Gardaí have launched an investigation into the theft of a tractor and a slurry tanker from a bog in Co....
Machinery News
Abbey Machinery boosts production by 20%
Machinery sales have been buoyant for a while now with demand often exceeding supply, and so Abbey Machinery of Nenagh,...
CAP / Schemes
60% grant aid for slurry tanker and trailing shoe in 'new TAMS'
Qualifying farmers will be able to draw down 60% grant aid on slurry tankers and trailing shoes in the ‘new’...
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Watch: How to effectively treat and control parasites
Amid the current season of record-high input costs, keeping unnecessary spending to a minimum is key, which means that early...
Machinery Focus
Focus: Conor engineering takes tankers to a new level
It was back in the 1980s that Enda O’Connor of Tubber, Co Clare, took to repairing and manufacturing farm equipment,...
Machinery News
Conor Engineering ships Ireland's largest tankers to NZ
At 30m³, or 6,600 gallons, Barry O’Connor, of Conor Engineering, Co. Clare, believes that the latest two tankers produced by...
Machinery News
Is a 15m dribble bar to spread slurry destined to become the norm?
The fading of the splash plate in favour of ground level application of slurry has led to the adoption of...
Machinery News
Abbey tandem tanker for Lyons Farm, UCD
Lyons Farm, situated just north of Ratchcoole, Co. Kildare is the research and teaching farm for University College Dublin (UCD)....
Machinery
Pics: Building Belmac - 35 years going strong in Offaly
Midlands-based agricultural machinery firm Belmac Engineering hit an impressive milestone this year – with owner and founder Michael Gavin celebrating...
Rural Life
Slurry tanker 'caked' in muck involved in crash
A tractor and slurry tanker combination that was “caked” in muck was involved in a road traffic collision in the...
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Do you want to be paid to share your opinion?
Do you want to be paid to share your opinion? Irish farmers have faced significant media coverage over issues, such...
Rural Life
Pics: Car filled with pig slurry after collision with tanker
A car ended up being filled with pig slurry after a bizarre collision with a tractor and slurry tanker in...
Rural Life
Van driver cleared of careless driving following collision with a tractor
A van driver in Co. Limerick has been cleared of careless driving following a collision with a tractor and slurry...
Rural Life
Pic: Driver uninjured as tractor and slurry tanker overturn
A man has walked away uninjured after the the tractor and slurry tanker he was driving overturned on a main public...
Rural Life
Pics: Tractor cab destroyed in slurry tanker mishap
This poor tractor driver in Wales was left soaked after a sight glass broke on the front of a slurry tanker,...