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€100/hd wiped off cattle prices 28 Jul 2013 | 04:33 pm
A month-long price slide has wiped up to €100/hd off cattle prices in the marts and almost double that at the factories. Livestock farmers suffered a double blow this week as the sheep trade also too...
Pottinger 45S plus in action 28 Jul 2013 | 04:23 pm
Poettinger 45S Plus in action with the optional traction control module, With this option the weight of the servo 45S mounted plough is transferred from the plough to the tractor, Force transmission m...
Banks Requested to be more flexible towards Farmers 4 Jul 2013 | 11:15 pm
Banks have been requested by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to take a flexible approach towards extending credit to their farmer customers, arising from recent weather-related difficulties. In a ...
Non-Stop Ploughing with Pottinger 30 Jun 2013 | 08:16 pm
Despite the trend in Ireland towards min-till, in many cases the plough is still the most suitable implement. In the case of tight crop rotation it creates reliable conditions for growth. Even when th...
Tesco to promote Irish Beef in Britian 30 Jun 2013 | 08:14 pm
Tesco has refused to confirm that it is changing its beef labelling requirements to let more Irish cattle be sold to British finishers for the retail trade. It was reported last week that the retaili...
Every farmer in the country is being encouraged to fill out a fodder census form next Tuesday, July 1. 20 Jun 2013 | 08:04 pm
Teagasc is spearheading a national fodder census to assess the potential forage deficit on farms for the winter of 2013/2014. Every farmer in the country is being encouraged to fill out a fodder cens...
Poettinger Lead the Way in Quality Clean Grass Silage 14 Jun 2013 | 03:10 am
Poettinger Ireland held a Grassland Show on the farm of Johann and Gaesa Hoff in Talbot Hall, New Ross, Co Wexford last week, The theme of the show Clean Forage saw a working display of the range of P...
Improvement in tractor sales 18 Dec 2012 | 01:20 am
The figures for registrations of new tractors in Ireland during November, as reported by the FTMTA Statistics Service, show a sustained improvement in tractor sales. 35 new tractors were registered du...
Farmers protest outside the office of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Castlebar, Co Mayo 18 Dec 2012 | 12:35 am
Hundreds of farmers protested outside the constituency office of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Castlebar, Co Mayo this morning. IFA President John Bryan said farmers who had incurred savage and unfair cuts ...
Alan Milne Tractors awarded NI Machinery company of the year 12 Nov 2012 | 11:22 pm
Alan Milne Tractors based at Newry and Carryduff in Co Down, has been awarded the first prize for best machinery company of the year in Northern Ireland at a recent ceremony in Belfast. Alan Milne Tra...
