Farm machinery

The latest farm machinery news and developments from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with reports, reviews, prices and videos of new and vintage farm machinery, motors and more.

Machinery
Lemken takes wraps off updated new semi-mounted plough
Peter Thomas Keaveney
Last week, Lemken presented a new model plough at the EIMA show in Bologna, namely the Diamant 18.
Lemken takes wraps off updated new semi-mounted plough
 
 
CNH Industrial Q3 income down 22%
Machinery
CNH Industrial Q3 income down 22%
AGCO net sales down 24.8% year-over-year
Machinery
AGCO net sales down 24.8% year-over-year
Herron trailers appoints new dealer in the Midlands
Machinery
Herron trailers appoints new dealer in the Midlands
FTMTA Farm Machinery Show highlights continued
Machinery
FTMTA Farm Machinery Show highlights continued
VIDEOS
FARM MACHINERY
More than 40,000 watch Tipperary contractor auction grossing €1.1m
Peter Thomas Keaveney
More than 40,000 watch Tipperary contractor auction grossing €1.1m
Over 40,000 machinery enthusiasts and 2,500 active bidders took part in a Tipperary contractors’ online retirement dispersal auction, where 134 lots were offered with the sale grossing €1.4m.
FTMTA Farm Machinery Show: new machines to the fore in Punchestown
Gary Abbott
FTMTA Farm Machinery Show: new machines to the fore in Punchestown
Gary Abbott and Peter Thomas Keaveney look at some of the highlight machines for this weeks FTMTA Farm Machinery Show, held at Punchestown racecourse.
FTMTA Show proves ideal setting for launch of new collaborations
Peter Thomas Keaveney
FTMTA Show proves ideal setting for launch of new collaborations
This years FTMTA Farm Machinery Show was the platform several manufacturers and importers used to announce new collaborations. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
Bale chaser to take centre stage on Limerick firm's stand
Peter Thomas Keaveney
Bale chaser to take centre stage on Limerick firm's stand
Keltec Engineering is set to showcase a whole host of its kit, including its popular bale chaser, at this year’s FTMTA Farm Machinery Show.
CONTRACTING
'Our running costs have soared by 45pc in three years,' says Cork contractor
Contributor
'Our running costs have soared by 45pc in three years,' says Cork contractor
Claire McCormack caught up with Padraig Noonan of Cork based Noonan Agri Contractors to find out more about the ins and outs of running a modern contracting business in 2024
MOTORS
Renault Scenic E-Tech Electric voted Irish Car of the Year 2025
Michael Moroney
Renault Scenic E-Tech Electric voted Irish Car of the Year 2025
The Renault Scenic E-Tech Electric was voted as the Irish Car of the Year for 2025 in association with Continental Tyres, by the 30 members of the Motoring Media Association of Ireland (MMAI).
VINTAGE
Selective dry cow therapy at Lisduff HolsteinsSPONSORED
Selective dry cow therapy at Lisduff Holsteins
John O’Sullivan milks approximately 400 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows in Whitechurch, Co Cork. He farms alongside his father John Snr, his brother Victor and farm manager Dave McGrath.
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield SPONSORED
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime: boosting cow comfort and milk yield
Bennettsbridge Limestone’s Cubicle Lime is a unique disinfectant-style product which has been formulated using a blend of superfine limestone powder and hydrated lime.
Protect your calves: a new approach to cryptosporidiosis controlSPONSORED
Protect your calves: a new approach to cryptosporidiosis control
Neonatal calf diarrhoea or calf scour is consistently the number one cause of death in calves less than one month of age in Ireland.
Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmersSPONSORED
Turning waste into opportunity: how anaerobic digestion benefits Irish farmers
Agriculture has always been at the heart of rural Ireland, providing food, livelihoods and community cohesion.
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