Michael Moroney

mmoroney@farmersjournal.ie

Diesel cost increases – machine management strategies 2026

With the planting and silage season almost upon us, contractors will soon be consuming large quantities of fuel, which is expected to account for 18% of machine running costs. Michael Moroney reports.

FARM MACHINERY 18 March 2026

Diesel cost increases – machine management strategies 2026

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Italian job: test driving the new Fiat 600 Hybrid and Alfa Romeo Junior

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Test driving the Opel Frontera Hybrid and Toyota Corolla Cross

Test driving the Opel Frontera Hybrid and Toyota Corolla Cross

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Used tractor imports up 7% as New Holland leads the way

Used tractor imports up 7% as New Holland leads the way

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Kia EV5 sparking an option to Sportage

Kia EV5 sparking an option to Sportage

This is the fifth in the range of battery electric vehicles and the best of them all.

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MG brand makes a wider return

Brand has made a significant impression in Ireland since 2020 after a 15-year absence.

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Ford’s electric choices change the focus

Ford’s electric choices change the focus

The Ford car brand has been part of Irish history since Henry Ford turned the Cork sod on the brand’s first car manufacturing factory in Europe back in 1917.

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Small electric car options for 2026

Small electric car options for 2026

Is it time for a BEV to Work Scheme for small electric cars?

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Land Cruiser gets fresh Grenadier Challenge in 4x4 commercial market

Land Cruiser gets fresh Grenadier Challenge in 4x4 commercial market

New challenge on the way for 2026 in the shape of a technically revised and more competitive Ineos Grenadier 4x4.

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Toyota to replace corroded Hilux chassis

Toyota to replace corroded Hilux chassis

The campaign concerns vehicles which have experienced chassis failure issues during routine service inspections and also during commercial vehicle roadworthiness test inspections.

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Electric overtakes diesel as choices widen

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The recent Nevo Electric Vehicle Show held in Dublin’s RDS provided a glimpse of the wider range of electric cars and vans that are now available on the Irish market.

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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