The machine is designed for grass, hay and straw harvesting and has a PTO power demand of 70-90hp. It delivers a 1.2 metres diameter bale from a cylindrical winding chamber comprising 17 indestructible rollers, all supported on maintenance-free bearings.

Zetor has introduced a number of improvements to its Proxima, Proxima Plus and Proxima Power models, first versions of which are now available here.

Biggest improvement is a 1.5 decibel reduction in operating noise making sound level inside the cab quieter than before.

The rich food harvest that our seas yield up is nowhere better to be seen than in the West Cork supermarket of Field’s SuperValu in Skibbereen.

Tractors are great! But, as every farmer knows, the things that make them really great, really useful are the implements and attachments that they use when working in the field.

At Hall Agri-Food PR, we believe in getting out and about…out from our desks in Dublin and off to the country, where farmers and fishermen live.

When it comes to knowing what’s what in farming and agriculture, Hall Agri-Foodcan separate the wheat from the chaff.

As every little boy and more than a few adults could tell you, there are few things better than a tractor when it comes to stirring the emotions of an agricultural community.

Hall Agri-Food director Don Hall pictured with some of the vintage farm machines displayed at the Donaghmore Workhouse Museumin Donaghmore, near Borris-in-Ossory. The exhibits give visitors a view of what farming and food production was like in generations past.

When the King and Queen of Lesotho, His Majesty King Letsie III and Her Majesty Queen Masenate visited food producers Country Crest at Lusk, Co. Dublin as part of their State visit to Ireland, Hall PR was proud to have been appointed to manage the public relations aspects.

Hall Agri-Food’s Ashley Hall went to the top of the Claas recently during a visit to a farm near Skerries where one item of equipment was the Claas Lexion 760 combine harvester with its soft footprint tracked wheels.

Hall Agri-Food PR’s Don Hall operating an articulated telescopic loader on a farm near Ballitore, Co. Kildare.

Hall Agri-Food’s Ashley Hall (left) and colleague Don Hall pictured with a Fendt 930 and Fendt 724 during their recent visit to a farm near Loughshinny in North County Dublin where work will soon be underway harvesting this year’s potato crop.

You must get out there, walk the land, visit the factories and meet the people who make the industry tick.