Category: Exhibitor News

It’s hard to believe we’re heading into yet another ploughing, the year is flying! This year the Irish Farmers Journal has increased its stand presence once again to make it our biggest stand presence to date!

This year we are really excited about our “Bin Your Bills For 1 Year” competition which one lucky reader will win top of the range prizes for a year (See Page 15 Opposite). To enter, readers simply need to collect 4 tokens from 6 issues of the Irish Farmers Journal from 24 September to 04 November 2015 and complete the entry form which will be printed in the paper on subsequent weeks.

The Irish Farmers Journal news app has only recently been launched and it is our very first native news app which is available to download on all Android and Apple devices. Our new app is free to download and is updated with farming news and technical content all day, every day to complement our print offering. Plus, all readers who visit our stand and show our team that they’ve downloaded the news app will be given a special bonus token to enter our bin your bills competition!

In addition to our news app, don’t forget to also download our Ploughing 2015 app which along with a site map, traffic plan and programme of events, now has a special “find my car” feature which means you never have to worry about finding your car again! Readers can also look forward to enjoying free public wifi on our stand as well as our really popular mobile phone charging zone.

This year we are running multiple Livestock Demonstrations every day in partnership with Bord Bia and ICBF. The demonstrations will focus on giving farmers answers to key questions for all the main livestock sectors – beef, sheep, dairy and the suckler cow. We will examine the relationship between specially chosen stock for our demonstrations and the linkage with global export markets which our industry is based on. Breeding 5 star replacements is a key goal of the new Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) and in each demonstration we will assess the challenges of the BDGP scheme for Suckler farmers.

The Irish Country Magazine area of our stand is the place to visit for a little bit of fashion, glamour and something uniquely different. We will have an exhibition from award winning Irish milliner Caithriona King to help you find that perfect hat along with free manicures daily. There will also be plenty of competitions with great prizes to be won and don’t forget to pick up our new issue of Irish Country Magazine before it hits the shop shelves!

Irish Country Living’s celebrity chef Neven Maguire is back again this year to cook up a storm on the Irish Farmers Journal’s stand and keep readers entertained each day! Irish Country Living will also be announcing the winners of FBD’S National Farmyard Awards on Tuesday evening from 5pm on the Irish Farmers Journal’s stand. If you are still on site that evening, do visit our stand for the presentation of these prestigious awards.

For the 9^th year running we are partnering with the Road Safety Authority and FBD and we will be giving away 50,000 FREE hi-vis vests from our stand over the 3 days of the Ploughing. Our merchandise shop will also be a hive of activity with a special Ploughing T-shirt due to be unveiled along with our 2016 Diary and our Women & Agriculture Conference tickets- be sure to get in early as tickets sell out every year!

Finally, our editorial team from the Irish Farmers Journal, Irish Country Living and Irish Country Magazine would love to hear from you and do ask to speak to any member of our team when you visit our stand. We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone at this year’s Ploughing!

Stand Location: Block 2, Row 23, Stand 396

The Bargam range of sprayers including machines with hydraulic and manual folding booms and the full range of accessories necessary to fully comply with the new CE standards and Machines in Service Testing Regulations coming into force in 2015 and 2016..

The new Sulkly Cultiline 1000 Series power harrow range have been fully tested in Irish conditions over the past number of years. Built to robust standards with tapered roller bearings, quick fit tines and a full range of accessories, the new Series 1000 comes with a 3 year guarantee on the gearbox and gear trough.

The Twose Model 625T hedge cutter with a 6.25 genuine reach, telescopic outer arm, three point linkage mounting with robust stabiliser frame for easy transfer between tractors, servo joystick controls for operator comfort and the new wrap around rotor lugs adds to the really heavy duty construction to meet the demands of the contractor and large scale farmer .

Representatives for the company’s suppliers will be on hand to provide additional technical information on Stand Number 191, Block 2, Row 14.

Block 1, Row 26, Stand 440

If you want to make compliance a lot easier, improve your milking practices, be boom sprayer compliant, safeguard the continuity of your farm work and get that little bit of help and relief when you need it the FRS Network stand is your target at the ploughing. Plus you could win a tablet, your county jersey and grab special offers!

The FRS Live Boom Sprayer Training Demonstration area will show farmers what they need to do to be compliant with the forthcoming SUD (Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive).

You can sign up to the award winning App that is making farmer’s compliance and herd management a lot easier and more efficient and hence more profitable, through the technology provided by Herdwatch.

You can get peace of mind and continuity of your business in the event of an accident or illness by becoming a member of FRS with a special sign up offer at the ploughing.

You can investigate the varied supports and valued services that will make your farm run more efficiently and safely through the tailored training, farm relief and fencing services.

Along with special offers and tablets up for grabs there will be a cup of tea and a chat available at the stand that will open your eyes to better ways of doing things on your farm into the future and show you how FRS can help.

At the Ploughing come and see what FRS can bring to your life to facilitate growth, better efficiencies and profitably with technology and expert help.

Visit www.frsnetwork.ie or call 1890 790 890

NEWS RELEASE: New All-Irish EirEco Wood Burning Stove Demonstrates Next Generation Ultra Efficient Heating at Ploughing Championships

Highlights and Milestones:

• EirEco Stoves launches Europe’s only stove that combines wood gasification and rocket stove technology, delivering truly ‘clean heat’
• Patent Pending competitively priced EirEco stove proven to deliver outstanding 89.5% net efficiency with minimal carbon (CO) emissions of 0.16%, as certified by KIWA Gastec UK
• The EirEco super-efficient wood burning stove was nominated in three categories in the Green Awards 2015 – the prestigious awards for Green Business and Sustainability
• EirEco Stoves is Europe’s only stove that combines wood gasification and rocket stove technology, delivering truly ‘clean heat’
• Proven Ultra Efficient – EirEco beats all others in its class, some by almost 40%, based on 2014 figures published by UK standards entity HETAS 
• EirEco Stove is the first of its kind to be awarded BS (British Standards) and European Norm 13240:2001 for efficiency and CO emissions  + AMD 2:2004 EU output certification
• New stove is the consumer’s renewable energy answer to today’s sky high heating bills
• Office & Showroom now open in Ballydehob, Co. Cork, Post Office Building, Main Street.

September 1, 2015 – NPA Ploughing Championships 2015  – Ratheniska, Stradbally, Co Laois, Local Enterprise Village – Stand 31 – will be the Irish market launch of the EirEco stove, one of the world’s most efficient wood burning stoves, developed in Ireland by County Cork based EirEco Stoves Ltd.

The EirEco stove is a patent-pending super-efficient next generation wood burning stove for domestic, commercial and agricultural use. 100% designed and made in Ireland, EirEco Stoves uniquely combine wood gasification and rocket stove technologies with additional original design innovations to deliver truly ‘clean heat’.

EirEco Stoves Ltd. was nominated in a total of three categories in the Green Awards 2015, the prestigious awards for Green Business and Sustainability.

The EirEco Wood burning stove was nominated to vie for Green Product of the Year Award and also for Green Technology of the Year Award. Founder and Managing Director of EirEco Stoves John Fagan was shortlisted for Green Entrepreneur of the Year.

In testing carried out by KIWA Gastec, the UKAS (UK Accreditation Service)-accredited product testing and certification body, the patent Pending EirEco stove demonstrated outstanding 89.5% net efficiency and super-low carbon (CO) emissions of 0.16%.

These efficiency and low-emission levels are a measurable leap forward compared to other stoves currently available in the category (7.4kW).

The EirEco stove is proven to be the most efficient industry-approved stove of its kind available, based on comparative statistics published in 2014 by HETAS, the official body recognised by the UK Government to approve solid fuel domestic heating appliances. In like-for-like comparison with all HETAS approved stoves included in the 2014 HETAS Guide, EirEco ranks Number One for fuel efficiency, beating some by almost 40%.

How does the EirEco stove work?

The EirEco Stove uses residual heat to deliver maximum efficiency. Once a fire is lit in the burn chamber air is immediately drawn in to the system through the stove’s uniquely designed fire box. As wood continues to burn in the fire box and as the temperature rises, more air rushes in to the box to mix with the fire and hot gasses, reaching temperatures capable of burning these gasses completely. The air becomes super-heated, creating a vortex, and expands in the combustion chamber forcing the air up through the system, until the air reaches the outer chamber where it cools down and contracts. The hotter the fire burns, the greater the amount of oxygen that will be drawn in to the burn chamber. This expansion/contraction creates enough force within the stove to push hot air through the pipe at high speed, before needing to exit. The result is a cleaner more efficient burning stove which uses up to 40% less fuel to produce larger amounts of heat. Also, much less smoke and ash is produced compared to other wood stoves.

Super Efficient, Super Clean and 100% Irish

“With conventional wood stoves currently on the market, you can see the clear evidence of inefficiency in the form of ash and smoke,” explains EirEco Stoves founder and Managing Director John Fagan. “On studying the efficiency and performance of today’s wood stoves, I thought there had to be a way to make the fuel burn longer, to reduce wastage and heat loss.”

“By introducing gasification, with the EirEco stove we’re seeing exceptional heating performance and at the same time, delivering truly clean heat, with minimal CO output. I’m really excited to be able to bring this modern, clean and highly efficient heating system to Irish and UK consumers.”

The stove is of Continental upright design, and makes an attractive addition to any traditional or modern living space. Multiple options for installation make EirEco a flexible consumer-friendly home heating choice.

In 2014, EirEco Stoves was awarded certification by “Guaranteed Irish”, Ireland’s industry-led non-profit organisation which promotes Irish quality goods and services.

About EirEco Stoves Ltd.

The EirEco stove is the culmination of over four years of dedicated research and development by County Cork based entrepreneur John Fagan, who studied existing wood stove technology and refined it to create the EirEco stove.

After highly successful testing, in consultation with the industry’s regulatory and licensing bodies in the UK and Ireland including KIWA Gastec and Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), as well as independent subject specialists, Fagan developed the EirEco stove, setting up EirEco Stoves Ltd. in 2014 to market the new stoves to the Irish, UK and European public.

Pricing and Availability – Delivering lower heating costs for consumers

Two models of EirEco stoves are now available at highly competitive prices for consumers and home design and construction specialists in Ireland. EirEco Model 740 S (standard) is priced at €1,480. EirEco Model 740 C (convection), fitted with six additional convection tubes for even faster heating, is available for €1,750. These market-friendly price points represent value for users compared to other alternatives which are often priced at over €2,800. This combined with fuel economy add up to significant savings on the high energy bills consumers face today.

EirEco stoves are currently available to consumers direct from EirEco Stoves Ltd. Ireland: email info@eireco.net. EirEco stoves will be available in the UK and Europe in Autumn 2015.