Author: National Ploughing Association

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

IRISH RUGBY INTERNATIONAL JAMIE HEASLIP & CELEBRITY CHEF RACHEL ALLEN WILL BE COOKING UP A STORM AT THE LAND ROVER COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AT THIS YEAR’S PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Land Rover returns to the National Ploughing Championships this Tuesday 20^th – Thursday 22^nd of September in Screggan, Tullamore. They will be hosting a series of cooking demonstrations with celebrity chef Rachel Allen over the three days of the festival where attendees and visitors can meet and greet Rachel and pick up some delicious cooking tips and tasters from Ireland’s leading celebrity chef and cookbook author.

On Tuesday 20^th, Rachel will be joined by special guest, Jamie Heaslip. The Irish Rugby International will cook up a storm with Rachel. As one of Ireland’s foremost rugby stars, sports nutrition and diet are an important element of Jamie’s training programme. Jamie and Rachel will demonstrate the dishes that fuel Jamie’s match performances for what promises to be an entertaining demo!

Jamie Heaslip said, “This cooking demo should be fun, I hope Rachel is up to the challenge of cooking with me as I am no kitchen hero! I am also looking forward to experiencing The Ploughing Championships for the first time. It is a uniquely Irish festival and I’m delighted to be part of it with Land Rover.”

Rachel Allen spoke of her involvement and said “I really enjoy The Ploughing Championships and Land Rover’s cooking demonstrations are great fun. I can’t wait to see how well Jamie does in the kitchen! I will bring a little bit of Munster magic to the cooking and let’s see how well he handles it!”

In addition to the cooking demonstrations Land Rover will have their full sales team from the Land Rover Retailer Network on site and will be showcasing the latest Land Rover models including the versatile Discovery Sport, the ground-breaking Range Rover Evoque and the pinnacle of refined capability, the Range Rover. Land Rover are located at Block 2, Row 1, Stand 6. The Rachel Allen & Jamie Heaslip ‘Performance’ cooking demonstrations will take place on Tuesday 20^th September at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. The Rachel Allen cooking demonstrations will take place on Wednesday 21^st and Thursday 22^nd of September at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Make sure to arrive early as spaces are limited and places are in demand!

Major Equipment Intl Ltd in Ballyhaunis is celebrating their 40^th year in business and their 40^th trip to the Ploughing Championships.

Major Equipment Intl Ltd is a designer and manufacturer grass toppers and slurry handling products. From humble beginnings in 1976 manufacturing trailers and safety cages, the company has seen many changes over the years as ithas developed into an international business employing over 78 people and exporting 65% of its production to countries as far away as Australia.

“The Ploughing Championship’s has always been a great show for us,” explained John Murphy, Managing Director at Major Equipment Intl Ltd. “We get to catch up with our customers and it’s a great platform to launch a new product. “This year Major is launching their 3.5m Cyclone Mower which has been shortlisted for the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena.

One thing the company hasn’t seen a change in over their 40 years, is the number of farming injuries and fatalities on our farms. ”Although there was a drop in the numbers about 20 years ago, the numbers are climbing again,” said John.   To address this issue, Major Equipment has invited Alma Jordan from AgriKids onto their stand for the duration of the show. Alma is the author of a beautiful range of story books all centred on farm safety to engage, educate and empower children to be farm safety ambassadors.

“We get many farming families visiting our stand during the show, so hopefullyby reading these stories they will go home with Alma’s safety message in their minds. If it prevents the heartache and tragedy of a farm injury or fatality landing at someone’s door, we’ll be happy,” concluded John.

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