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Safety must remain a priority as drought intensifies farmers’ workload

The ICMSA has highlighted that farmers must put safety first as they face the pressures of ongoing drought and mounting workload.

NEWS 14 August 2026

Safety must remain a priority as drought intensifies farmers’ workload

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Farmers urged to apply for 60% grant for PTO shaft covers

Farmers urged to apply for 60% grant for PTO shaft covers

NEWS 12 August 2026

Farm Safety Week 2026 begins

Farm Safety Week 2026 begins

NEWS 20 July 2026

Five key areas of vital importance for farm safety

Five key areas of vital importance for farm safety

Five key areas of vital importance for farm safety

FARM SAFETY 12 July 2026

PTO replacement cover grants still open for applications

PTO replacement cover grants still open for applications

PTO replacement cover grants still open for applications

FARM SAFETY 8 July 2026

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Grant scheme for PTO covers re-opens

Grant scheme for PTO covers re-opens

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has opened the National Farm Safety Measure for 2026, which will see 60% of the cost of a new PTO shaft covered.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Farmer Writes: as a tractor, I would be an ageing Fendt

Farmer Writes: as a tractor, I would be an ageing Fendt

Putting on my socks used to be something that I could do, without even thinking about it. Now it’s a big deal.

FARMER WRITES 1 January 1970

Made in Ireland: Offaly firm driving innovation

Made in Ireland: Offaly firm driving innovation

With agriculture now making up 50% of Applied Concepts’ sales, its managing director Mark Clendennen tells Peter Thomas Keaveney about the business as it enters its 16th year.

FARM MACHINERY 1 January 1970

Lindner shows largest Lintrac tractor

Lindner shows largest Lintrac tractor

Austrian tractor manufacturer Lindner unveiled its largest tractor built to date at Agritechnica last week, the 175hp Lintrac 160.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Extension to deadline for claiming grant aid on PTO shaft covers

Extension to deadline for claiming grant aid on PTO shaft covers

The grants cover 60% of the cost of PTO shaft covers up to €100 and can be claimed on up to four units per farmer.

NEWS 1 January 1970

PTO deadline looms

PTO deadline looms

Grant aid of 60% will be provided up to a cost of €100/PTO shaft cover, with farms eligible to draw down grant aid on up to four PTO covers.

FARM SAFETY 1 January 1970

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