It’s that time of year again, the time to reminisce about the year of machinery that was 2017, writes Jason Webb. 

High tech north Cork dairy farmer explains how he plans to increase output by cutting cow numbers

Automatic milking has reduced cow grazing on farms that have robot milkers, across Europe.

Successful integration of automatic milking (AM) into a pasture system was achieved at Moorepark in 2012.

TECHNOLOGY to free up time on the farm, so that new sources of income can be developed, was on the minds of many farmers visiting the Farm Machinery Show, which concludes this evening at the Punchestown Event Centre.