Closing Date for Gold Award  The closing date for nominations for the FTMTA Gold Award for 2015 is Friday, October 2nd Instituted in 2004, the Gold Award is made by the Association to a person who is considered by the…

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 will be "Driving Your Business Forward" and a panel of high calibre speakers…

Tractor Registration Statistics The figures prepared by FTMTA in relation to the registration of new tractors show a pronounced drop of 36% for the month of September with 86 new units registered against the 135 units registered in the same…

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…