Category: Exhibitor News 2019

Some of the highlights for us this year will include the firm favourite National Welly Throwing Championships which we host every year! This year we hope to have a record number attempt the challenge with local charities being the beneficiaries of the event, including Carlow Mental Health Association.  This local charity works to promote positive mental health and support the existing mental health and suicide services in Carlow.

With the support of local sports clubs in the area, Portwest is delighted to be able run this hugely popular activity which is now in its 21^st year!

The National Welly Throwing Championships will be located at stand 742 on the west side of the site adjacent to the machinery demo area. We would love to invite as many familiar faces and personalities to this year’s event as possible and would love if you could pass this on to press contacts you have.

Embrace FARM – We also have chosen another charity ‘Embrace Farm’ this year to receive proceeds from the sale of our bestselling farmers boilersuit. For each boilersuit we sell at the National Ploughing Championships we will donate €5 to the charity.  Embrace Farm is Irelands only farm accident support network and works to help families, who have lost a loved one or suffered serious injury in a farming accident.

Warehouse Clear-out – This year we are also having a huge warehouse clear out event at the Portwest tent. All our current stock will still be available including the Agri essentials such as wellies, Rain gear and coveralls at great prices.  However, we will also have some excellent value on older styles and discontinued items which will be priced to clear, with leather boots from €5 and fleeces from €10 and lots more bargains!

This year, we will have the official Irish launch of the new range of Bobcat AGRI telehandlers.

We will have 3 x models on the stand for the first time ever and a number of people directly from the brand in attendance.

In conjunction with this, Bobcat have launched a 5 year 0% Finance offer and % 5 Year warranty to help support the launch.

Adare Machinery, the Limerick-based Doosan and Bobcat dealer, will have the company’s largest ever stand at this year’s National Ploughing Championships, being held at Ballintrane, Fenagh in County Carlow, Ireland from 17-19 September 2019. This is the 88^th National Ploughing Championships and it will feature the most impressive array of new Doosan and Bobcat products to be shown by Adare.

The National Ploughing Championships takes place each year in the month of September. Since its inception in 1931, the show has grown in size, year on year. It involves over 1700 exhibitors and more than 240,000 visitors every year.

William Cuddy, Sales Manager at Adare Machinery, said: “We are very proud to have our biggest stand to date at the Ploughing Show and to be representatives for the Doosan and Bobcat brands at this important event. We are hoping for a very strong turnout with the growth in the Irish market and to be able to win a lot of new business at the show.”        

The highlight of the stand display from Doosan, which also includes the 14 tonne DX140LCR-5 crawler excavator, will be the first showing at the Ploughing show of the new DL280-5 wheel loader, designed specifically for agricultural applications. Adare will also be showing the Bobcat TL38.70HF Agri and TL34.65HF Agri telescopic loaders for the first time at the event. Part of a strong display of new Bobcat equipment will be the E35z, also being shown for the first time at the exhibition, part of the R-Series range of mini-excavators launched by Bobcat in 2018.   

The DL280-5 is the latest development in the high performance Doosan wheel loader range, which comprises 13 models – covering operating weights from 12 to 36 tonne. The DL280-5 offers high performance and high productivity with unbeatable breakout force, tipping load and enhanced output for all types of work around the farm, including feed management and work on silage and manure clamps. The DL280-5 can be equipped with a variety of attachments such as foldable silage forks and grabs, making it a very versatile and hard working machine for multiple jobs in agriculture.

Expanded Bobcat Telescopic Loader Range for Farming

The TL38.70HF Agri and TL34.65HF Agri models are part of an expanded choice of seven telescopic loader models for the farming market from Bobcat, covering maximum lifting capacities between 2.6 and 4.3 tonne with lifting heights from 6 to 8 m.

HF – High Flow technology is a key feature of the TL38.70HF and TL34.65HF models, offering outstanding hydraulic capabilities and performance with a class-leading 190 l/min load sensing pump and flow sharing distributor to combine all movements together.

To complete the picture, Bobcat now offers the entire range of telescopic loaders in three levels of finishing in the form of Agri equipment packages – Agri*, Agri** And Agri*** – to best meet farmers’ needs in terms of productivity and comfort.

Bobcat also offers a full line of telehandlers, including both rigid frame and rotary models for applications in construction, rental, recycling, waste and general industry, covering maximum lifting capacities between 2.6 and 5.0 tonne with lifting heights from 6 to 25 m.

Zero House Swing Advantage

The E35z is a new generation model in the popular 3.5 tonne machine class offering the additional benefits of Zero House Swing (ZHS). As a ZHS mini-excavator, the E35z offers easier transportability and more functionality than a Zero Tail Swing model, in the that the ZHS design fully protects the front upper structure corners within the swing circle. The R-Series range of five compact excavator models – the E26, E27z, E27, E34 and E35z – offers a best-in-class mix of high digging forces, superb stability and smooth controllability of working functions complemented by low weights for easy transportation.

Award-winning Family-run Dealership

Adare Machinery is an award-winning machinery dealership established by David and Marian Cuddy in 1984, which has developed into a fully-fledged family enterprise, with their son, William, and daughter, Caroline, involved in the running of the business. Together with an excellent team of staff, the Cuddys continue to innovate, expand and grow the business. 

For the Bobcat range, Adare Machinery is the Authorised Dealer for the whole of Ireland. As an Authorised Dealer for the Doosan Heavy range, Adare has exclusivity for sales and service in Munster and Connacht for Doosan crawler and wheeled excavators from 3 to 53 tonne and the Doosan range of wheel loader models with bucket capacities from 1.9 to 4.8 m³. 

Operating out of state-of-the-art premises at Patrickswell near the city of Limerick, Adare Machinery is also offering service and warranty work on all existing Doosan and Bobcat machines in its area, backed by a full selection of genuine accessories and parts. 

For more information about Bobcat and Bobcat products, visit the website www.bobcat.com

Glanbia Ireland plans to double the acreage of gluten-free oats

Glanbia Ireland is aiming to extend the acreage sown to gluten-free oat crops amid increasing demand amongst consumers for these products.

Farmers are being urged to come and talk to the Glanbia Ireland Agronomy Team at the Ploughing Championships – Block 2 – Row 5 – Stand 114 – to assess their farm’s suitability for growing the crop.

“Gluten-free oats is a premium grain and delivers better opportunities for farmers. We plan to double the acreage, albeit off of a small base, to keep pace with growing demands for gluten-free produce,” said Glanbia Ireland’s Head of Grains John Kealy.

The crop attracts a premium of €40/tonne over green wheat price, with all harvesting and transport carried out by Glanbia Ireland using dedicated gluten-free machinery. 

All seeds are purchased through Glanbia Ireland as the crop requires extremely strict specifications to deliver food-grade gluten-free produce.

Previously, Glanbia Ireland’s gluten-free oat crops were mainly grown in the Kildare, Laois and Carlow region. However, the Premium Grains team are looking to extend the landbase sown to gluten-free outside of this area in cases where farms can meet certain criteria.

Glanbia Ireland’s Grain Quality Operations Manager Mariea O’Toole said: “We are looking for farmers with suitable rotations on their land to suit this crop which has to be sown either after a non-cereal break crop or grass. There are specific requirements that a potential grower’s land has to meet before it would be considered suitable to sow this crop, such as having low levels of wild oats or invasive brome.

“There are other factors that have to be taken into account such as farm size and field access, as dedicated gluten-free machinery would have to be brought to the area for harvest.”