FARM machinery dealers have urged the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners to stamp out non-payment of VAT on used machinery imported from Britain.

THE farm machinery industry, in line with the economy as a whole, is in the midst of the most challenging circumstances in many years.

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).