Category: 2016 Archive

Five innovative New Zealand Agricultural companies will be exhibiting together on the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise pavilion

Former New Zealand rugby player and well known TV-pundit Brent Pope will be lining up alongside New Zealand’s international business development agency, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) for this year’s National Ploughing Championships.  Five New Zealand companies will showcase, for the first time, the best agricultural innovation, experience and expertise that the country has to offer, including examples of world-leading animal and pasture management tools, such as somatic cell count sensors, heat detection systems and seed drills.

Visitors to the NZTE pavilion at this year’s National Ploughing Championships will have the opportunity to experience the latest in New Zealand’s agricultural technology and hear expert advice on productivity and efficiency of farm machinery and systems to inspire Irish farmers.

The New Zealand organisations exhibiting as part of the NZTE pavilion include;

• Aitchison, a company with a proud 40-year history of machinery manufacturing, will be showcasing their relaunched Seedmatic and Grassfarmer Drills;
• Duncan Ag, market leaders in the manufacturing of robust and user friendly machinery for seed drilling and forage feeding;
• Fieldays®, the largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere will also be part of the exhibiting group;
• New Zealand Pump, coined as the manufacturers of the most dependable manual dispensing system for barrels and bulk containers; and,
• Saber™, LIC Automation’s newly launched brand, is a subsidiary of LIC (Livestock Improvement Corporation), a New Zealand farmer-owned co-operative which specializes in providing world-leading innovations for the dairy industry.

There will also be a host of other New Zealand companies exhibiting at the event outside the New Zealand pavilion representing the strength of New Zealand agritech innovation, including Gallagher, Metalform, Prattley Industries, TruTest, Shoof International and Waikato Milking Systems.

Daniel Taylor, New Zealand Trade Commissioner, United Kingdom and Ireland said; “NZTE is delighted to be attending the National Ploughing Championships for the first time this year, and bringing with us some innovative and leading agricultural companies.  New Zealand has long been a market leader in development and advancements for the agritech sector and we at NZTE are excited to bring a sample of this innovation in productivity and efficiencies to Irish farmers.”

Brent Pope added: “I am excited to be working with NZTE and the fantastic New Zealand companies that they represent. Ireland and New Zealand have a strong track record of shared learnings and inspiration in the agricultural sector, and as a proud Kiwi, with a strong agricultural background, I welcome the future fostering of this relationship.  The National Ploughing Championships is a great platform for this, and I am very much looking forward to showcasing what my homeland has to offer at this fantastic event in my adopted land.”

The NZTE pavilion will be located on Block No. 1, Row 4, Stand 50 at the National Ploughing Championships from 20-22 September 2016, in Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly.

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For further information, contact:

Catherine Dunne | Hume Brophy | nzte@humebrophy.com | 01 662 4712 / 086 811 3511

Sarah McDonagh | Hume Brophy| nzte@humebrophy.com | 01 662 4712 / 0867780301

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is the New Zealand Government’s international business development agency. Our purpose is to grow companies internationally – bigger, better, faster – for the benefit of New Zealand.

We work to increase New Zealand companies’ international success by helping them boost their global reach and build capability. We use our connections and government influence on behalf of businesses, and apply local knowledge – from the NZTE team and a network of private sector experts – to help them enter and grow in international markets.

We also work alongside our NZ Inc partners within government and the business community to protect and build credibility in our national brand – helping businesses to open doors in global markets.

Aitchison

Part of the Reese Group, Aitchison specialise in the manufacture and worldwide distribution of quality agricultural machinery, including Aitchison seed drills, Agrispred fertilizer spreaders, bale feeders and UFO hay and silage mowers. Their products are designed and manufactured in New Zealand and exported to more than 15 countries. Reese Agri incorporates 3 branded product groups, Aitchison, Agrispred and Reese/UFO.

Duncan Ag

Duncan Ag is the trading name of Clough Agriculture Limited a New Zealand family owned business that has been in existence since 1937.  The company’s primary product lines are the seed drills and forage feed out machines which it exports to Australia, South Africa, Japan and Uruguay. Duncan Drills are predominantly designed for no till or direct drilling of grass and crops. The company has also been an importer and distributor for over the past 20 years of front end loaders and cultivation equipment from Europe and more recently precision seeders and mowers from the EU.

New Zealand Pump Company (Europe) Ltd

New Zealand Pump Company is a family owned, multinational group of companies that specialises in providing globally distinctive, revolutionary, chemical resistant Ezi-action® Drumpumps to solve the problem of manually dispensing reliably and safely from bulk containers. The design, durability and quality of construction of Ezi-action® Drumpumps saves the Irish farmer time and money because they eliminate wastage, eliminate frustration and aid worker safety. They are uniquely the only serviceable hand pump in the world.

NZ National Fieldays Society Inc

The NZ National Fieldays Society was founded in 1968 to create an event that advanced agriculture in New Zealand while brining town and country together. An annual four-day event held in June, Fieldays is the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event, welcoming an annual average of 130,000 people through its gate. Fieldays is committed to the advancement of agriculture globally through its three founding pillar- Innovation, Education and Internationalization.

Saber™

LIC Automation is a subsidiary of LIC (Livestock Improvement Corporation), a New Zealand farmer-owned co-operative which specialises in providing world-leading innovations for the dairy industry since 1909. Currently empowering over 1,700 dairy farmers in New Zealand through its Saber™ farm automation and sensor technologies, from automated milk analysis to heat detection, herd recording and drafting,  Saber™  is making herd management easier.

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