#Ploughing16: Farm show giants to join forces

The largest agribusiness exhibitions in the northern and southern hemispheres are about to be twinned.

A memorandum of understanding between the National Ploughing Association in Ireland and the New Zealand National Fieldays Society is due to be signed and announced this week.

Delegates from the Fieldays Society are to attend the three-day ploughing championships, which begin today at Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly.