Peter Keaveney

3 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Peter Keaveney

Farming, agricultural contracting and carrying out some civil engineering works in Co Offaly, Michael Kelly takes pride in his machinery and the work he does. This means that when making an investment in machinery, he carefully analyses all of his options. In recent years, when his farmer clients requested he spread their slurry with a low emission application system, Michael took to the marketplace to check out his options.

3 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Peter Keaveney

Leeb sprayers with AutoSelect, the proven automatic nozzle control system, can now ‘spot spray’ with data fed from a drone sweep of the field, Horsch has announced. Horsch says this removes the need to have an expensive camera system mounted to the sprayer or tractor. “AutoSelect has been available to customers since we started selling sprayers, so the vast majority of our customers can take advantage of our proven selective spraying technology.

3 weeks ago | farmersjournal.ie | Peter Keaveney

This week’s Young Stock Podcast sees us catch up with Eoin Murphy from west Clare. Eoin is currently a branch manager for Geary’s Garage depot in Clarecastle, Co Clare, which is a well-known John Deere dealer. In the podcast, Eoin tells us about his experiences, from studying agricultural science in Cork, before completing an additional year in Waterford, before moving on to work in England, New Zealand and later Australia.

1 month ago | farmersjournal.ie | Peter Keaveney

A 2003 registered Fiat 110-90, dressed in blue livery, attracted serious attention at a recent auction in Cork, selling for €46,500 (no VAT). Being one of the last 110-90s off the production line, this two-owner, sought-after example had just 5,223 hours and was sold to a Co Kildare collector, where it’s understood it will go into storage. The 110-90 was produced in the blue Ford New Holland livery in the latter years of production, following Fiat’s 80% acquisition of Ford.

1 month ago | farmersjournal.ie | Peter Keaveney

Nowadays, more and more farms are focused on making the best-quality silage possible for winter feeding to help minimise the subsequent cost of concentrates. Cutting the right grass at the right time are two important factors when it comes to making good silage. Once cut, tedding out the grass to cover the largest surface area possible helps increase the dry matter (DM) percentage and therefore speeds up wilting when the conditions allow.