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Amazone Avant delivers strength, speed and reliability in tough Irish conditions

Tom Garaghty works with Oliver Conroy Plant and Agri, a, Co Westmeath-based slurry, silage and tillage contractor, long-time Amazone customers who previously operated the AD-P and Centaya drills.

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 18 February 2026

Amazone Avant delivers strength, speed and reliability in tough Irish conditions

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Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 4 February 2026

'One of our best machinery purchases ever': Jim Mulhall on the Amazone ZA-V

'One of our best machinery purchases ever': Jim Mulhall on the Amazone ZA-V

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 21 January 2026

New metal, technology and innovation lights up 2025 Ploughing

New metal, technology and innovation lights up 2025 Ploughing

New metal, technology and innovation lights up 2025 Ploughing

NEWS 24 September 2025

Fastparts to display broad implement ranges

Fastparts to display broad implement ranges

Fastparts to display broad implement ranges

FARM MACHINERY 10 September 2025

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Farmhand to celebrate the best of new and old

Farmhand to celebrate the best of new and old

To celebrate 25 years of Krone Big X foragers, machinery progression will be the dominant theme on the Farmhand stand at the Ploughing, where it will showcase one of the first Big X models sold.

FARM MACHINERY 1 January 1970

I’m thinking of buying a mower, what would you recommend?

I’m thinking of buying a mower, what would you recommend?

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

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 1 January 1970

Spot spraying can reduce inputs and improve efficiency

Spot spraying can reduce inputs and improve efficiency

Spot spraying is here and can be used at field scale. It has the potential to save on inputs, but for now is probably limited to large-scale farms.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Farmer Writes: a brief history of fertiliser spreaders

Farmer Writes: a brief history of fertiliser spreaders

As Gerald Potterton gets through plenty of spreading and spraying in the fine weather, he takes a look at the technological advances of fertiliser spreaders.

FARMER WRITES 1 January 1970

Maintaining and driving the Krone Big X

Maintaining and driving the Krone Big X

Munster Technological University Agricultural engineering lecturer, Fergal O’Sullivan speaks to Ciaran Roche, a specialist on Krone Big X harvesters, about getting the machines ready for silage season

FARM MACHINERY 1 January 1970

Review: Amazone single-disc coulters offers top-class accuracy

Review: Amazone single-disc coulters offers top-class accuracy

Peter Thomas Keaveney put the latest Amazone Centeya Super 3m drill and disc harrow combo through its paces.

FARM MACHINERY 1 January 1970

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Amazone Avant delivers strength, speed and reliability in tough Irish conditions

Tom Garaghty works with Oliver Conroy Plant and Agri, a, Co Westmeath-based slurry, silage and tillage contractor, long-time Amazone customers who previously operated the AD-P and Centaya drills.

Amazone Avant delivers strength, speed and reliability in tough Irish conditions