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Machinery
Krone and Lemken add front links and further develop autonomy project
Peter Thomas Keaveney
Combined Powers, the joint autonomous tractor project between Lemken and Krone, has gained drive updates, front linkage and further developed autonomous process units for 2024 testing.
7 March 2024 News
Tillage Podcast: losing land, stubbles, birds and malt expansion
On this week’s show, we hear from a Cork tillage farmer who is trying to protect the biodiversity on his farm, but nitrates rules aren’t helping.
6 March 2024 News
Department changes ACRES stubble rules
The Department of Agriculture has made amendments to ACRES measure for catch crops and over-winter stubble.
Bird numbers down due to loss of winter stubbles
John Lusby of BirdWatch Ireland says that new rules in agriculture are not well thought out. Farmland birds are one of the latest casualties.
6 March 2024 News
Letter regarding the effects of stubble cultivation
"The population of yellowhammers in our area has decreased dramatically" - Leann Buttimer
31 January 2024 Letters
Tillage Podcast: seed shortage and the need for over-winter stubbles
This week’s show covers everything from birds to spring barley varieties and a seed shortage. We’re joined by Teagasc’s Michael Hennessy.
11 January 2024 News
Endangered birds overwhelmingly favour uncultivated stubble – Cork study finds
The results of this survey show that many endangered farmland birds are dependent on uncultivated over-winter stubble to survive.
10 January 2024 News
Call for rethink on stubble cultivation rules
BirdWatch Ireland has called on the Government to rethink its requirement for stubble cultivation as it provides an important habitat for endangered birds.
10 January 2024 News
Amazone presents new 4m Cenio 4000-2 cultivator
At a press event in Germany, Amazone presented its new Cenio 4000-2, which is a hydraulic-folding 4m mounted cultivator.
6 December 2023 Farm machinery
Sky Agriculture adds mounted models to disc harrow range
At Agritechnica, Sky Agriculture added 3m, 4m and 5m mounted models to its Methys HDS Disc harrow range, which now spans from 3m to 12m.
22 November 2023 Farm machinery