FTMTA National Conference 2015 The FTMTA National Conference will be held in The Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co. Laois, on Friday, November 20th. The theme of the conference is "Driving Your Business Forward" and a panel of high calibre speakers will…
FTMTA Conference The FTMTA Conference for 2015 will be held in The Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co. Laois, on Friday, November 20th. The theme of the conference is "Driving Your Business Forward" and a panel of speakers will address topics of…
Agricultural Mechanisation Degree Course Following a recent article in the careers pages of Irish Country Living about the Bachelor of Science (Agricultural Mechanisation) course in IT Tralee, FTMTA has received many calls from students who will sit the Leaving Certificate…
Family Businesses Focus at the FTMTA Conference The FTMTA Conference will be held in The Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co. Laois, on Friday, November 20th. Given the predominantly family business nature of the farm machinery sector the presentation by Kieran McCarthy…
Successful FTMTA Conference The FTMTA Conference held on Friday, November 20th, was very well received by those in attendance. In opening the conference, FTMTA President, Donal Fitzpatrick expressed the wish that that those attending would find the day both informative…
FTMTA Year in Review The farm machinery year started in an upbeat mood with the largest ever FTMTA Farm Machinery Show held at Punchestown during early February and visited by a record attendance of 18,750 people in total with a…
Season's Greetings The FTMTA President, Donal Fitzpatrick, the FTMTA Executive Council and Chief Executive, Gary Ryan, extend their best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to member firms, their staff and customers. Be a part of a stronger farm…
Revised Standards for Agricultural Vehicles The revised vehicle standards published by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) during 2014 in relation to agricultural vehicles and impacting on a number of key road safety areas including Braking, Lighting & Visibility, Weights Dimensions…
Management Changes At Farmhand LTD Stepping down after 40 years at the helm of the company his father founded in 1962, John Scrivener says “I am delighted to announce the appointment of my son Paul as MD of the company.…
FTMTA Member McHale Farm Machinery , Kilmaine are hosting two driver days at Ballinrobe Race course on the Friday 27th & Saturday 28th March from 1pm to 6pm each day. John Joe Cummins of McHale Farm Machinery is looking forward…