LEMKEN dealer appointment

LEMKEN has recently appointed Quigleys Garage of Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co Galway, as the main LEMKEN dealer for Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo, promoting and selling all LEMKEN products ranging from ploughs, power harrows, disc harrows, seed drills and sprayers. Both LEMKEN and Quigleys Garage are FTMTA member firms.

Diarmuid Claridge, area sales manager for LEMKEN, says that “coming from a farming background, the Quigley brothers understand perfectly the needs of today’s farmers and contractors. With a keen focus on backup, attention to detail and a unique drive, I feel that Quigleys are the perfect quality dealer to grow the LEMKEN brand in the west.”

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Kelly’s open days

FTMTA member, Kelly’s of Borris Ltd, will hold open days at its premises in Borris, Co Carlow, on Friday and Saturday, 20 and 21 February. The open days will run from midday to 10pm on Friday and from midday to 6pm on Saturday. The event is themed around “reeling in the machinery years” and Michael Moroney of the Irish Farmers Journal will speak on Friday evening about the evolution of farm machinery over the past 50 years.

Open days will also be held at Kelly’s relatively new premises in Abbeyleix from midday to 10pm on Saturday 28 February and from midday to 6pm on Sunday 1 March. The official opening of the Abbeyleix branch will be carried out by Justin McCarthy, editor and chief executive officer of the Irish Farmers Journal at 7.30pm on Saturday 28 February.

The open days at both locations will feature full displays of the wide range of machinery available and there will be special offers on both machinery and parts.

FTMTA Show photo competition

The winners of the FTMTA Farm Machinery Show Facebook photo/video competition will be announced on the FTMTA Facebook page next week.

Enter by posting a photo or video from the show on the FTMTA Facebook page before Monday 23 February. The best entries will receive farm machinery merchandise, which was kindly donated by exhibitors at the show.