Category: 2017 Archive

Euro Auctions are again proud to exhibit at the National Ploughing Championships. Since we exhibited last year the organisation has grown substantially with the acquisition of a US based auctioneer – Yoder & Frey.  Euro Auctions will now trade under this brand name in North America.  Further to that we have recently opened up new auction sites in Dubai and Hong Kong enhancing our global reach.

We regard to our stand this year we will again have our excavator simulator in place where people can compete to the best excavator drive by completing a challenge.  During the course of the Ploughing we actually have two auction taking place – Zaragoza Spain and Ashland Ohio , USA.  We will be streaming these live at our stand and viewers can see first-hand how the auctions work and how easy online bidding/buying is.

Five Metre High Galvanized GAA Player

Come and join Galco Steel at this year’s National Ploughing Championships at Stand number 12 – Block 2 as we celebrate our 50th year in business.

Have your photo taken with our commissioned Art piece, which is a Five Metre high Galvanized GAA Player as he jumps for the Ball, will he be a Dublin or Mayo player? We’ll have to wait and see.

Galco is Ireland’s largest hot dip galvanizer and has been proudly serving Irish industry for the last 50 years. With our headquarters in Dublin we have 5 galvanizing facilities strategically located across the island of Ireland. Dublin – Waterford – Cork – Galway – Draperstown N Ireland.

We are also pleased to announce the creation of more new jobs in Dublin with the re-opening of our second Bath in Dublin giving our Customers an extra 40% capacity.

Hot dip galvanizing is a tried and tested corrosion prevention system that has been used throughout the world. As you look around you or travel down the motorway you will see, signs, lampposts, electricity poles, toll plazas, power transmission lines all of which are galvanized. The same is true when travelling by rail. Galvanized steel is all around you in both urban and or rural situations and especially on farms.

By protecting infrastructure, schools, farm sheds, bridges and recreational facilities from corrosion we are actually protecting against preventable failures and additional maintenance costs.

Announcement of new ‘Premier Club’ planned for National Ploughing Championships 2017 to go that extra mile to support Irish farmers

LIC Ireland has today announced that they have had one of their most successful years in the Irish market to date, with growth over the past 12 months of 15%. Added to this, impressive new herd reproduction data released by the company illustrate a marked improvement in calving patterns in New Zealand, with more farmers achieving the target of having 60% of the herd calved within three weeks.

Commenting on the results, Mark Ryder, LIC’s European General Manager said, “We are delighted with our developments and improvements in the Irish market. We believe that we offer Irish farmers the highest quality product that New Zealand has to offer, this is quality genetics from Holstein-Friesian, Jersey and KiwiCross™ bulls proven through LIC ’s unique Sire Proving Scheme in New Zealand.

LIC’s progeny test programme, known as the Sire Proving Scheme (or SPS) began in 1961. Today it is one of the largest progeny test schemes in the world. To be able to offer our great genetics to Irish farmers is the aim, and our recent calving pattern data from New Zealand proves that we are doing just that. Good genetics are fundamental to herd improvement, allowing farmers to be more efficient, which in turn benefits their bottom line, and the wider Irish dairy industry as a whole.”

With a high proportion of LIC bred cows represented in the top 2000 cow EBI list, from a disproportionately low number of matings, LIC’s vision in Ireland is to improve the prosperity, productivity and efficiency of farmers through the continual supply of our elite bulls. To ensure this, LIC is delighted to announce that a programme will soon be available to Irish farmers which will provide better access than ever.

The LIC ‘Premier Club’ will be launched exclusively at this year’s Ploughing Championships and will ensure that Irish farmers continue to benefit from LIC’s elite product offering, giving them access to the very best LIC bulls available, and giving them more of a selection than ever before. Membership of the Premier Club will not only provide access to the best genetics in the world, but farmers will also have access to training resources and helpful tools, support and information from LIC dairy industry experts, and exclusive entry to LIC Premier Club competitions and prize draws.

Commenting on the development, Mark Ryder said, “We have worked closely with the Irish Industry and with LIC at home in New Zealand to ensure that at the end of the day, what we are offering is in the best interest of Irish farmers and LIC. We all believe that this is more than just about the straws. It’s about LIC Ireland’s desire to go the extra mile to support the business of Irish farmers for the long-term, while protecting the investment we make in New Zealand and Ireland, to ensure we can continue to deliver our world-class products.”

LIC Ireland will be announcing further details and information around the launch of the Premier Club in Ireland, and how to become a member, ahead of this year’s National Ploughing Championships.