Colin Montgomerie has made an appeal for Ireland's farming community to switch their attentions from the National Ploughing Championship to the Seve Trophy golf at the nearby Heritage course. While a crowd in excess of 80,000 were at one of Europe's biggest agricultural shows only a tiny fraction of that figure watched Nick Faldo's Britain [...]
IRELAND'S top dairy breeders are gearing up for the 2007 Baileys Champion Cow Competition, details of which were announced on Friday. At a reception at R&A Bailey & Co, representatives from Baileys, Glanbia, Virginia Show Society and the Irish Holstein Friesian Association confirmed that Ireland's most prestigious dairy livestock event will take place at Virginia [...]
Robert and Ann Woodcock with support from neighbours Paddy and Ann Barry will host the 2008 national ploughing championship on their farms at Cuffesgrange Co Kilkenny. This will be the eight time Co Kilkenny will host the Ploughing Championships the previous year been 1986. The hosting of the 2008 Ploughing Championship in kilkenny will give [...]
Details of the National Bio-Energy Conference were announced today by Mary Wallace TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food. The theme of the conference is "Agri-Vision for Bio-Energy" and it aims to explore the commercial opportunities for biofuel and biomass production in Ireland. Agri-Vision for Bio-Energy 2007 is the first national [...]
Great weather at the ploughing championships lots of rain and mud. Saturday was a washout really with crowds down due to the rain but wet weather brought many farmers and contractors to the championships that would have otherwise been working on the land sowing and getting the last of the farmyard manure out before they [...]
The Farming Independent is carrying out a major survey of 1,500 people at the Ploughing Championships. We are asking visitors which Government they want to see in power, their views on current Minister for Agriculture Mary Coughlan, IFA president Padraig Walshe and Teagasc as an organisation. Drop into our stand at Row U, Stand 392 [...]
ForagerFinder.com is an internet based market place for pre-owned forage harvesters. This website is designed to promote machines for sale from a group of dealers in the UK and Ireland called Forage Centres who offer a common level of support for customers of pre-owned SPFH. All the machines offered on this site are available at [...]
Details of the 75th National Ploughing and 2006 World Ploughing Contest were announced on site at Grangeford, Tullow, Co Carlow to a large number of guests and press. The National Ploughing Championships and The National Ploughing Association celebrate their 75th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion are hosting the 53rd World Ploughing Contest. [...]
Massey Ferguson signs new partnership agreement with MTD to launch extensive all-new MF grass and grounds care product range across Europe. AGCO and MTD have entered into an exclusive partnership agreement covering the production, supply and after sales support of an extensive range of Massey Ferguson grass and grounds care machinery to be sold in [...]
Turin, Italy, June 29, 2006 -The leading agricultural equipment manufacturer New Holland has brought together more than 1500 representatives of its European dealer network in Turin to share its plans for leadership and success. As the home of the Winter Olympic Games, Turin was the ideal place to honour a brand that is aiming for [...]
