New SYNKRO cultivators from Pöttinger, Universal cultivators packed with impressive new features A multitude of new and proven features as well as numerous customisation options make the new SYNKRO stubble cultivator a true all-rounder in conservation tillage. The linkage-mounted, 2-gang (rigid, with a working width of 2.5 m or 3 m) and 3-gang (rigid or folding, 3 m to 5 m) SYNKRO universal cultivators are excellent at stubble cultivation, primary tillage in autumn, seedbed preparation for...

Following a successful market launch in North America and Australia, CLAAS is now making the new CONVIO FLEX 1530 available to European LEXION customers. The flexible draper cutterbar has an effective working width of 15.30 metres and is equipped with a flexible knife bar as well as all the features and automatic functions familiar from the CONVIO FLEX series. CLAAS CONVIO and CONVIO FLEX draper cutterbars have proven themselves in numerous conditions of use and threshing crops worldwide...

Kubota is set to expand its implement offering in Ireland with the introduction of its DS twin-disc fertiliser spreader range, with two models making their Irish debut at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. The Kubota DSC 700 and DSM 1100 will be the first two models from the range to go on display in Ireland, with both hydraulically controlled machines set to feature on the Kubota stand. The introduction of the DS range will broaden the choice of Kubota implements available to...

The NUTRIMETER GRAIN is the first new transmissive NIR sensor for yield and ingredient determination available on the LEXION. This opens up new possibilities for sustainability-oriented and resource-efficient cultivation and the targeted marketing of high-quality grain, particularly with regard to the precise determination of protein and oil content and yield mapping. CLAAS has been offering yield mapping for grain harvests with the LEXION for almost 30 years. From 2026, the new NUTRIMETER...

Kverneland Group Ireland, an official sponsor of this year’s National Ploughing Championships, will launch two new grass machines onto the Irish market as part of a broad display of Kverneland, McConnel and SILOKING machinery. Kverneland Group Ireland will use this year’s National Ploughing Championships to launch two new additions to its grass machinery range onto the Irish market. The new Kverneland Tactus twin-rotor rake and Tersus 4000 flail chopper will make their Irish debut at the...

58 years after being ceremonially handed over by CLAAS founder August Claas, the 200,000th CLAAS combine ever built – a 1968 SENATOR – has returned to active harvesting. The story of this machine is truly unique. On 16 August 1968, August Claas personally presented the SENATOR to Scottish farmer John Steven. It marked a major milestone for the company, which had doubled its total combine production just six years after celebrating the 100,000th CLAAS combine, firmly establishing itself among...

Sophie Tyner with her flock of sheep in Shillelagh, county Wicklow Sophie Tyner runs a mixed farming enterprise comprising of sheep, tillage, sucklers, and dairy beef, in partnership with her parents Colin and Janet, just outside the village of Shillelagh, county Wicklow. “Twenty years ago, my parents had a sizeable flock lambing between 600 and 700 ewes every March,” she said. “I’ve always had a strong interest in sheep, and that led me to buy 50 in-lamb ewes in January 2024. I lambed them...

Kverneland introduces the new generation of Tactus 2072 and Tactus 2078 double‑rotor rotary rakes – advanced solutions for professional forage management. July 2026, Kilkenny, Ireland Kverneland Tactus 2072 in action Kverneland proudly presents its latest forage harvesting innovations: the new Kverneland Tactus 2072 and Tactus 2078 double‑rotor rotary rakes. Designed to deliver clean forage, high efficiency, and excellent operator comfort, these new...