Roberts Cove Vintage Festival and DeCourcey Harvest Day take place this weekend

Next week, many Irish tillage farmers will make a pilgrimage to Cereals 2016 in Cambridgeshire in England.

New Holland’s sleek tractor family styling has been unveiled at the launch of the T6 all-purpose tractor series.

Times have changed since the O’Hanlon family started farming on Golden Hill Farm in Co Kerry in 1876.

Many new machines were on show last month at Cereals 2012, the UK arable sector’s leading event.

Last year I took a ride on this 30-foot self-propelled mower, and was amazed how easily it mowed a two-acre field.

Tractors powered by hydrogen extracted from water are being considered by MEPs in Brussels.

A DRIVERLESS tractor automatically following another tractor is one of the first time farming technology breakthroughs at this year’s Agritechnica, Europe’s biggest farm machinery show.

JOHN DEERE supplied 939 of the 4,221 new tractors registered in Ireland in 2006, according to the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA).

TRAGIC farm accidents can be prevented by fitting a new radio alarm system to tractors and similar heavy machinery.

AUTOMATIC guidance is now available for John Deere 5020, 6000 to 6020, 7000 to 7020 and 8000 to 8030 Series tractors.

NOEL MEADE’S Mac Three - he will be partnered by Paul Carberry returning from injury - should relish the three miles of the Cameron Willis Maiden Hurdle at Kilbeggan this evening and gets the nap.