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Refurbishing a sluggish vacuum pump

With the slurry spreading season just around the corner, Gary Abbott looks at what is involved when it comes to refurbishing a tired vacuum pump.

8 January 2025 NEWS
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Fewer farms now eligible for TAMS LESS grant aid

Farms stocked between 100kg N/ha and 129kg N/ha must now apply slurry using LESS methods, farms now stocked between130kg/ha and 150kg/ha organic nitrogen are now ineligible to avail of LESS grant aid.

8 January 2025 NEWS

LAMMA show set for NEC return next week

LAMMA 2025, the UK’s largest machinery show, is set to return to the NEC, Birmingham, next week on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 January.

8 January 2025 NEWS

Young Stock Podcast: from sheep shearing to machinery sales

On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Gary Abbott spoke with Meath Farm Machinery sales consultant Andrew Bonham about everything from shearing sheep at an international level to tractor sales.

7 January 2025 NEWS
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UK set to impose up to 83% tariff on Chinese-built excavators

The Trade Remedies Authority, the UK government trade body, has proposed that a new anti-dumping measure of up to 83.5% be applied to imports of excavators from China to the UK.

1 January 2025 NEWS
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Topcon introduces smart feed system for diet feeders with weigh cells

Topcon Agriculture introduced its new TMR Flex Pro feed management system for retrofit with existing weigh cell diet feeders to monitor and manage the feed process while maximising feed efficiency.

1 January 2025 NEWS

A robot for working grain stores

This robot could help to take some of the danger out of grain storage, as it can carry out jobs in grain bins and sheds.

30 December 2024 NEWS
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John Deere net income down 30% for 2024

Deere & Company has reported that its worldwide net sales and revenues have decreased by 28%, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and decreased by 16% for the full year.

28 December 2024 NEWS

January kick off for AJS Spring Farm Machinery Show series

The trio of AJS spring farm machinery shows are set to return from 22 January at the usual locations in the counties of Cork, Antrim and Cavan.

27 December 2024 NEWS