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All the latest agricultural machinery information, news and reviews from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with all developments in the agricultural machinery sector.

Maintaining and driving the Krone Big X

Munster Technological University Agricultural engineering lecturer, Fergal O’Sullivan speaks to Ciaran Roche, a specialist on Krone Big X harvesters, about getting the machines ready for silage season

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

Review: Amazone single-disc coulters offers top-class accuracy

Peter Thomas Keaveney put the latest Amazone Centeya Super 3m drill and disc harrow combo through its paces.

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

Roscommon contractor celebrates 50 years of lime spreading

Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Elphin in Co Roscommon to catch up with Padraig Berine who was busy spreading lime, now his 50th year at the job.

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

Telematics: the key to farm efficiency

Fergal O Sullivan* looks at the role of telematics and how it can help both contractors, farmers and machinery dealers improve efficiency by gathering real time data and monitor in field performance.

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

Farmers supply over 70% of the diesel we use — Antrim contractor

Peter Thomas Keaveney caught up with Darragh Rutledge from Rutledge Contracts who tells us about his contracting enterprise and newly established machinery retail business, focusing on slurry.

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

Kverneland replaces DA and S drill

Kverneland has introduced a new generation of one-pass mounted seed drills, replacing the popular DA and S drill models which ceased production last December.

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

French retrofit MX loader is 'bulletproof' for Irish contractor

Midlands-based Louis Russell took delivery of the first U500 series MX loader sold in Ireland over 12 months ago. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

An integrated approach with Claas connect

Claas has brought all machine management, service planning, licence management, application maps and more to a single, cloud-based platform, writes Gary Abbott.

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

Finding a niche market in budget-friendly equipment

Based in the heart of the golden vale, Clontrac is a business that has cut out a niche market supplying budget friendly attachments, Fergal O Sullivan caught up with Thomas O’Dea to find out more.

FARM MACHINERY 5 March 2025

Twenty20 Beef Club enhancing profitable and sustainable beef farming

Balancing a dairy and beef enterprise is all about sustainability, efficiency and profitability for Laois farmer Patrick Phelan.

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Maintaining and driving the Krone Big X

Maintaining and driving the Krone Big X

Review: Amazone single-disc coulters offers top-class accuracy

Review: Amazone single-disc coulters offers top-class accuracy

MOST READ STORIES

Maintaining and driving the Krone Big X

Review: Amazone single-disc coulters offers top-class accuracy

Roscommon contractor celebrates 50 years of lime spreading

Telematics: the key to farm efficiency

Farmers supply over 70% of the diesel we use — Antrim contractor

Kverneland replaces DA and S drill

French retrofit MX loader is 'bulletproof' for Irish contractor

An integrated approach with Claas connect

Finding a niche market in budget-friendly equipment

Twenty20 Beef Club enhancing profitable and sustainable beef farming

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