Category: Exhibitor News 2016

Its been 12 years since Zero Grazer came to its 1st ploughing champsionships . From knowing very little about who they were, what zero grazing was, time has shown this company were many years ahead in farming trends. MD of Zero Grazer Niall O’Reilly advises, many people told us we were wasting our time, it would never take off…, it was nt long until they became customers!

Zero grazing, robotic milking, buffer feeding with grass, all common talk now among farming folk. Its no surprise that Zero Grazer continues to make the headlines. At this years ploughing in Tullamore the company take center stage, where their machinery will be used to zero graze the 40 dairy cows, being milked by the Lely Robot. A world 1st according to the organisers. No where in the world at any exhibition, has there been a zero grazing robot combination.

Here at Zero Grazer we’re looking foward to the whole set up and have been busy preparing, this last few weeks. The concept of zero grazing has been around decades, our company continue to prove it works and provide 15 different sizes of machines to carry out the job efficiently. Manufacturing close to the village of Dromone, Oldcastle in Co. Meath, with full inhouse control of engineering drawings, fabrication and painting process.

The company are using the Tullamore site to launch there new look ZG80, with the 2.3m (7ft 6) drum mower. Along side that, the ZG100 with its 2.6m 8ft6 disc mower will also be on show. This is the largest in the range and one of the more popular machines sold in 2016. While the AB70 completes the line up, feeding the cows at the live Lely milking demo.

Make sure to call to stand number 340 row 15 and see whats new at Zero Grazer.

The build up to the National Ploughing Championships has meant many dedicated hours of hard work and creative achievement for young gardening and baking enthusiasts throughout Ireland.

ALDI have teamed up with Foróige, the National Youth Development Organisation, for the second year running to showcase the budding talent of junior bakers and gardeners.

Community Gardening

Forty young people from youth groups in Offaly & Donegal have been working hard throughout the summer creating gardens to wow the National Ploughing Championship audience.

Donegal’s Community Garden is based upon a fairy and marine theme, inspired by the poetry of William Allingham and the Wild Atlantic Way.

Offaly’s Community Garden portrays the beauty of the bog incorporating a railway motif.

ALDI have sponsored the plants and materials for the young people and provided them with a unique opportunity to learn about gardening processes by being mentored by landscape experts and Aldi plant supplier SAP, whilst cultivating their creativity.

National Junior Baking Competition

Junior bakers have been fighting it out in county and regional competitions throughout Ireland over the last few months, culminating in the 2016 National Junior Baking Finals sponsored by Aldi Ireland in association with Foróige and the National Ploughing Association

Eight hopeful bakers will compete in two semi-final heats on 20th and 21st September on site. The contestants placed first and second in each heat will qualify for the final on Thursday 22nd September in the Aldi Ireland Tent at the National Ploughing Championships.

The theme of this year’s competition is ‘Muffins of the Moment’ and the judges are anticipating some amazing creations from the eight finalists.

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Helena Clarke
Marketing and Communications Officer, Marketing and Communications
Foróige
Foróige, Block 12D, Joyce Way, Park West, Dublin 12, D12 Y0A6
Ph: 01-6301732 M:087-6325138

■ www.foroige.ie

Kingswood Computing, Ireland’s market-leading Farm IT Company, is to launch a new Field & Grass Recording App at the forthcoming National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

Kingswood Computing has been developing and supporting functional, easy-to-use software for dairy and beef farmers since 1987. Its main products Kingswood Herd, Field and Accounts, contain the key recording requirements for bovine livestock farms:

• Dairy and Beef Herd Management.
• Field Recording and Grassland Management.
• Compliancy with national and EU regulations.
• Farm Accounts for tight cost control.

Mobile Recording

In recent years they’ve added mobile recording on phones and tablets to their repertoire of PC-based software. Kingswood Mobile – for herd recording – was launched at last year’s Ploughing and has proved immensely popular with younger farmers. Now they’re launching Kingswood Field App at this year’s event.

Kingswood’s new Field and Grass Recording App caters for the full spectrum of field and grass events including spraying events, fertiliser & slurry spreading and grass measurement and complements Kingswood Mobile.

Their new App, which is compatible with Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows devices, allows farmers to:

• Enter a full range of field events – spraying, fertiliser spreading and sowing.
• Enter grass measurements and check their feed wedge and grazing planner
• Stay compliant with their spray recording and manage their fertiliser application
• Enter purchases of farm stocks as they happen and check recent purchases#

Flexibility and Versatility

Gerry Lynskey of Kingswood Computing outlined the uniqueness of their new Field and Grass Recording App which allows them to cater for such a wide spectrum of recording requirements.

“Kingswood Apps can operate in two modes. For the farmer mainly focussed on compliancy issues (Dept regulations, Bord Bia etc), they can work totally standalone on a phone or tablet. But for the bigger, more intensive dairy or beef farmer, who will be using it in conjunction with a full herd management system on their PC, they can be used as an add-on to enter data or look up animal records. More detailed analysis or reporting can be done on their PC.”

It’s this unique flexibility that enables Kingswood to cater for a range of herds from ten cows up to a thousand cows or more”, he said.

To find out more information on Kingswood’s new Field and Grass Recording App contact Kingswood Computing on 01 459 6677 or email info@kingswood.ie

IRISH RUGBY INTERNATIONAL JAMIE HEASLIP & CELEBRITY CHEF RACHEL ALLEN WILL BE COOKING UP A STORM AT THE LAND ROVER COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AT THIS YEAR’S PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Land Rover returns to the National Ploughing Championships this Tuesday 20^th – Thursday 22^nd of September in Screggan, Tullamore. They will be hosting a series of cooking demonstrations with celebrity chef Rachel Allen over the three days of the festival where attendees and visitors can meet and greet Rachel and pick up some delicious cooking tips and tasters from Ireland’s leading celebrity chef and cookbook author.

On Tuesday 20^th, Rachel will be joined by special guest, Jamie Heaslip. The Irish Rugby International will cook up a storm with Rachel. As one of Ireland’s foremost rugby stars, sports nutrition and diet are an important element of Jamie’s training programme. Jamie and Rachel will demonstrate the dishes that fuel Jamie’s match performances for what promises to be an entertaining demo!

Jamie Heaslip said, “This cooking demo should be fun, I hope Rachel is up to the challenge of cooking with me as I am no kitchen hero! I am also looking forward to experiencing The Ploughing Championships for the first time. It is a uniquely Irish festival and I’m delighted to be part of it with Land Rover.”

Rachel Allen spoke of her involvement and said “I really enjoy The Ploughing Championships and Land Rover’s cooking demonstrations are great fun. I can’t wait to see how well Jamie does in the kitchen! I will bring a little bit of Munster magic to the cooking and let’s see how well he handles it!”

In addition to the cooking demonstrations Land Rover will have their full sales team from the Land Rover Retailer Network on site and will be showcasing the latest Land Rover models including the versatile Discovery Sport, the ground-breaking Range Rover Evoque and the pinnacle of refined capability, the Range Rover. Land Rover are located at Block 2, Row 1, Stand 6. The Rachel Allen & Jamie Heaslip ‘Performance’ cooking demonstrations will take place on Tuesday 20^th September at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. The Rachel Allen cooking demonstrations will take place on Wednesday 21^st and Thursday 22^nd of September at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Make sure to arrive early as spaces are limited and places are in demand!