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LAMMA 2025 - Knight shows new nozzle tech with chemical injection
Peter Thomas Keaveney
Knight Farm Machinery unveiled a new in-house developed system that allows sprayers equipped with boom recirculation to incorporate chemical injection.
LAMMA 2025 - Knight shows new nozzle tech with chemical injection
John Deere showcases latest autonomy on 9RX
16 January 2025 News
John Deere showcases latest autonomy on 9RX
At the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show 2025 in Las Vegas, John Deere revealed a number of autonomous machines, further building on the autonomous 8R410 which was first showcased at the 2022 show.
Alpego – the rising Italian manufacturer who quadrupled turnover in last decade
15 January 2025 News
Alpego – the rising Italian manufacturer who quadrupled turnover in last decade
Alpego recently invited the Irish Farmers Journal over to its headquarters in Italy to visit its factories and showcase its latest innovations.
Exclusive: JCB appoints completely new agri dealer network in Ireland
JCB has completely restructured the distribution of its range of agricultural products in Ireland with the appointment of a network of new dealers. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
15 January 2025 News
JCB’s hydrogen engine gets green light for commercial use
JCB has just confirmed that 11 licensing authorities across Europe have now given permission for JCB’s hydrogen engine to be sold across Europe.
15 January 2025 News
AGCO invests €87m in European distribution centre
AGCO has unveiled plans to build a new world-class parts distribution centre in Amnéville, France. The total investment is set to top €87m.
9 January 2025 News
SlurryKat to unveil new lightweight 24m dribble bar at Lamma Show
SlurryKat will unveil a brand new 24m vertical folding dribble bar at Lamma 2025, claiming to be 55% lighter than competitor models leaving it compatible with smaller tractors.
8 January 2025 News
Tractors and potato gear to go under the hammer
Hennessy Auctioneers will host a farm dispersal auction on 18 January alongside its collective monthly machinery auction, viewing takes place this Saturday 11 January.
8 January 2025 News
Refurbishing a sluggish vacuum pump
With the slurry spreading season just around the corner, Gary Abbott looks at what is involved when it comes to refurbishing a tired vacuum pump.
8 January 2025 News
Fewer farms now eligible for TAMS LESS grant aid
Farms stocked between 100kg N/ha and 129kg N/ha must now apply slurry using LESS methods, farms now stocked between130kg/ha and 150kg/ha organic nitrogen are now ineligible to avail of LESS grant aid.
8 January 2025 News
LAMMA show set for NEC return next week
LAMMA 2025, the UK’s largest machinery show, is set to return to the NEC, Birmingham, next week on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 January.
8 January 2025 News
Young Stock Podcast: from sheep shearing to machinery sales
On this week's Young Stock Podcast, Gary Abbott spoke with Meath Farm Machinery sales consultant Andrew Bonham about everything from shearing sheep at an international level to tractor sales.
7 January 2025 News