At this year’s FCI conference, contractors looked at challenges surrounding protected urea, potential business opportunities, the safe use of rail crossings and the importance of good mental health.
At a press event in the UK, JCB previewed its new 50hp TM110 telescopic wheel-loader with a lift capacity of 1.1t and a lift height of 3.5m. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
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Big estate cars are becoming as rare species and add the option of a diesel engine and the term extinct seems to come to mind. Not so at Skoda where the large Superb Combi retains pride of place.
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Gary Abbott and Peter Thomas Keaveney spent some time with New Holland’s recently updated 120hp, T5.120 Dynamic Command tractor earlier this summer.
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Athlone is set to a busy spot on Sunday evening with 100 tractors expected to light up the town on the first ever tractor run in the town.
There has been no change to price quotes on livestock rations at feed mills in NI.
Mark your property with a number that’s unique to you and keep a note of it in case it goes missing, gardaí advise farmers.
Certainly, the greens and possibly some regenerative farmers would like us to ditch our ploughs and sow directly into the soil.
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As white diesel and petrol prices have increased this week as result of the budget-related carbon tax increases, quotes for green diesel are currently hovering around the €1/litre mark.