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Machinery
Bright future for niche Kildare firm exporting 90% of its kit
Peter Thomas Keaveney
In the past decade, Kildare firm Denis Doyle Ltd has become a household name in the solar industry in America, producing high end self-propelled pile drivers. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
11 December 2024 News
'There is real logic in relation to supporting contractors' - McConalogue
At this year’s FCI conference, contractors looked at challenges surrounding protected urea, potential business opportunities, the safe use of rail crossings and the importance of good mental health.
4 December 2024 Forestry
Applications open for sustainable forest harvesting machinery grant
The grant will provide support to forestry contractors and timber hauliers for the purchase of new forest machinery that will optimise environmental performance.
FCI national contractor conference next week
The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors (FCI) National Agricultural Contractor Conference will take place at the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, on Wednesday 4 December at 11am.
27 November 2024 News
Contractors sought for TG4 series
TV fame beckons for interested contractors if they apply for next series before 20 December.
26 November 2024 News
Contractor group surveys political parties ahead of election
FCI is getting the opinions of political parties on issues such as the possibility of contractors accessing TAMS III grants into the future.
26 November 2024 News
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.
21 November 2024 Farm machinery
Tillage Day: 1 October a ‘backstop’ date for slurry spreading
The slurry spreading dates are there for a reason - they’re there to protect water quality, Barry O'Reilly from the Department of Agriculture has said.
7 November 2024 News
Self-taught midlands tech guru repairing all things electronic
Steve Sherwood has become a specialist in the art of repairing machine terminals and interfaces and all things electronic for the agricultural machinery sector. Fergal O’Sullivan reports.
6 November 2024 Farm machinery
Christmas tractor run
St Catherine’s juvenile GAA club in Cork has a tractor run in the diary for Saturday 21 December.
6 November 2024 Dealer
Farmer Writes: the tillage sector is very far from dead
While I greatly respect smaller farmers (probably more than I do the titans), I’m excited by this revolution in new, bigger and better farm machinery.
6 November 2024 News
My Farming Week: Eoghan O’Sullivan, Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary
Organic oat grower and suckler farmer Eoghan O’Sullivan recently won the Flahavan's organic oat grower of the year award.
6 November 2024 News