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LAMMA 2025: Knight shows new nozzle tech with chemical injection
Peter Thomas Keaveney
Knight Farm Machinery unveiled a new in-house developed system that allows sprayers equipped with boom recirculation to incorporate chemical injection.
LAMMA 2025: Knight shows new nozzle tech with chemical injection
LAMMA 2025: JCB debuts new TM 280 telescopic wheel loader
22 January 2025 Farm machinery
LAMMA 2025: JCB debuts new TM 280 telescopic wheel loader
LAMMA showgoers were treated to a first glimpse at JCB’s new 130hp TM280S telescopic wheel loader at the show at the NEC in Birmingham this week.
LAMMA 2025: Massey Ferguson debuts new six model 5M Series
22 January 2025 Farm machinery
LAMMA 2025: Massey Ferguson debuts new six model 5M Series
Massey Ferguson’s new 5M Series took centre stage on the firms stand at the LAMMA show, with the new six model from 95hp up to the new, flagship 145hp model.
LAMMA 2025: Major launches mini mulcher head
Major Equipment launched its latest MJ39-080D mulching head for mini diggers following on from the success of its larger models launched in 2022.
22 January 2025 Farm machinery
LAMMA 2025: M-Tec uncovers new all bells and whistles livestock trailer
M-Tec Engineering returned to Lamma with another eye-catching range of trailers including its latest Wraptor livestock range, featuring a customisable graphic wrapped body among many other options.
22 January 2025 Farm machinery
LAMMA 2025: SlurryKat debuts lightweight 24m dribble bar
SlurryKat unveiled its brand new 24m vertical folding dribble bar at the Lamma show, a machine that claims to be 55% lighter than competitor models and therefore compatible with smaller tractors.
22 January 2025 Farm machinery
Bobman cubicle bedder saves 13 hours a week on Meath dairy farm
Co Meath dairy farming duo Elaine and Kevin Keaveny tell us how the purchase of a Bobman cubicle sweeper/bedder has impacted their farm.
15 January 2025 Farm machinery
‘A 3,000-gallon tanker 70% full of slurry and 30% full of foam is not efficient’
Fergal O’Sullivan talks to David Whelehan of Vogelsang Ireland about rotary lobe pumps — are they a smarter and more-efficient choice over the traditional vacuum pump method on tankers?
8 January 2025 Farm machinery
Don't get bogged down with slurry-spreading calculations this spring
When applying slurry through LESS systems, the working width is typically reduced versus the splash plate, and an increased forward speed is required to achieve the same application rate
8 January 2025 Farm machinery
Improving slurry application accuracy by retro-fitting a flow metre
One year ago, Peter Thomas Keaveney retrofitted a flow metre to an umbilical system, and offers his thoughts on the system and why every contractor should consider doing so.
8 January 2025 Farm machinery
Trailing and flexi shoes - what are the options on the Irish market?
Peter Thomas Keaveney and Gary Abbott take an in-depth at the slurry tanker-mounted trailing shoe and flexi-shoe systems available on the Irish market.
8 January 2025 Farm machinery
Slick, practical Mayo engineering
AgriSpread recently gave us the opportunity to put its latest Pro+ 14000 rear discharge vertical beater dung spreader through its paces. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
1 January 2025 Farm machinery