Krone and Amazone importer for Ireland, Farmhand Ltd, have something special in store for Ploughing 2018. They say they are doing something at the show that has never been done before and that you don’t want to miss it. “Farmhand have not had a machinery stand at the show for almost 20 years and we wanted to come back with a bang” said marketing director, Stephen Scrivener. Like most Irish farms, Krone, Amazone and Farmhand are family enterprises now...
2017: Amazone turnover climbs to 457 million € In the 2017 financial year, the Amazone Group has grown yet again with the consolidated total turnover, without taking the trading volume into consideration, going up to 457 million €. This sets a new record in the company’s history and, in comparison to the previous year (406 million €), this represents a growth in turnover of 12.6 %. A pleasingly demand for its new models showed equally across all of...
Fastparts, the consumable parts division of Farmhand, celebrated 30 years in business last Thursday with an open evening for their 350+ strong dealer network. The event’s purpose was twofold. “It’s great to mark 30 years for my department” said parts director Sinead Scrivener. “However, tonight is also about the culmination of 3 years hard work by the Fastparts team to get this webshop ready to launch” she said. Fastparts was set up by Farmhand in 1988 and distributes a range...
Since our last Premos newsletter was published, we have made great strides in the further development of the machine. In this issue we will spotlight the changes, modifications and improvements we have implemented in the meantime. In our last issue, we explained that we had to increase the diameters of the die rollers from 800mm to 1000mm on the two 2016 machines. These modifications have had a very positive effect in terms of throughput and pellet...
Fastparts, the parts division of Farmhand, have wrapped up the year by donating over 150 farming toys to Tallaght and Temple Street Children’s hospitals. “We had the toys in stock and thought it would be a nice thing to do. There’s nothing worse than being sick and stuck in hospital at Christmas” said Sinead Scrivener- Fastparts Director. There is a range of farming related toys from remote control tractors for older kids to mini farm animals for...
Richard Wilson, of Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim has scooped two awards in Ireland’s best young Entrepreneur awards. Richard, who has been in business for four years and is a main Farmhand Dealer won, ‘best established business and best young entrepreneur’ trophies in the county. “We are absolutely delighted to win these awards, it is a great achievement for Wilson Machinery” said Richard. The Leitrim man deals in second hand tractors as well as having the main dealer...
And the winner is – KRONE. The new BiG X series (BiG X 680, BiG X 780 and BiG X 880) has won the 'Machine of the Year 2018' award at Agritechnica in Hannover. The panel of top-level judges comprising national and international agricultural engineering journalists were suitably impressed by the BiG X’s latest features. A particular highlight of this new series is the ground-breaking cab lift – the first of its kind in the world. At...
Thomas Steele – Co. Down Overall, we are very happy with the machine. Like anything, there is a bit of setting up to get the machine working properly but once it is, the ZAV works well. We work mainly grassland and have been buying Amazone spreaders since 1962. There is a premium to pay with the ZAV but we are already recouping money on our investment. Thanks to the weigh scales, I can tell exactly how much...
Approved for Tams2 and looking for finance? Amazone Finance claim to have a solution that could suit you. Deutsche Leasing DAC, in collaboration with Amazone, have come up with a loan solution that complies with dept. of agriculture regulations. “We identified that many successful Tams2 applicants could not finance their purchase with a regular lease agreement so we have developed a solution that allows them to borrow the funds necessary” said Killian McCormick of Amazone Finance....
Service Advisor About us Farmhand is one of the leading distributors of agricultural machinery in Ireland. Based in Damastown, Dublin 15, Farmhand imports, assembles and distributes machinery through a network of 40 independent dealers and offers products by manufacturers such as Krone, Amazone, Alo & APV. Farmhand also has a significant spare parts division, Fastparts. Farmhand operates throughout the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland. Reason for vacancy Due to a restructuring of our Service Department, to better facilitate the...
Farm machinery distributor, Farmhand, has announced the arrival of the all-new Amazone Catros 3003 compact disc harrow on to the Irish market. Available now through Farmhand’s Amazone main dealer network, the 3-metres wide Catros 3003 is selling at a price EUR2,500 below the existing Catros 3001. Like the market-leading Catros 3001, the new 3003 is designed for shallow and intensively mixing soil tillage and is fitted with the same 460mm plain discs which have proven to be ideal working...
What do current BigX owners say? Our BigX 630 has been a fantastic machine for us. Thanks to the six feed rollers and the spring loaded drum floor, the intake is hard to beat. Transport width is under 3m even on 800 tyres. We have some very tight fields to work in down here but the manoeuvrability of the machine is great. The pick-up lifts high so we can get into any field. The longer chop...
Ten prominent farm machinery dealers have lined up behind Fastparts - the parts and components division of farm machinery distributor Farmhand - to promote the latest ball-and-spoon hitch system made by Dromone Engineering of Oldcastle. The dealers concerned – each one supplied with a working display module demonstrating how the device operates – are Whelans Garage (Loughrea), Cliffords (Tralee), Jim Power Agri Sales (Tallow), Kelly’s (Borris), Kehoe Brothers (Camolin), Gordon Hegarty (Tullow), Mills Hydraulics (Mullingar), Garahy (Birr)...
Farmhand lends a hand to beat the world record The Krone Big X forage harvester is one of a number of machines set to participate in a world-record attempt at the forthcoming Combines4Charity Great Grass Event in Trim on 6 May. Farm machinery distributor Farmhand will be lending its full support to the forthcoming Combines4Charity Great Grass event. According to Farmhand marketing director Stephen Scrivener, the company will play a key role at Combines4Charity Great Grass event, which...
Stephen Scrivener, who has held the position of Marketing Manager with leading farm machinery distributor Farmhand since his return from Canada in 2015, has been appointed to the board of directors alongside his brother Paul (Managing Director) and sister Sinead (Parts Division Director). A business graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Stephen has responsibility for marketing and promotions and has taken a leading role in introducing new IT systems, in which Farmhand has invested over €500,000 in the...
Game of Krones – featuring as its focal point a metal ‘throne’ fabricated in Dublin entirely from Krone machinery parts and components – will be just one of the attractions the public may expect to enjoy when visiting the Farmhand stand at the forthcoming FTMTA Farm Machinery Show at Punchestown. Brainchild of their marketing manager, Stephen Scrivener, the aptly named Game of Krones throne took a Farmhand fabricator hundreds of parts and many painstaking hours to complete....
Farmhand’s 45 staff at the state of the art facility in Damastown, Dublin 15. Farmhand is the exclusive importer for Krone, Amazone, Quicke, Zuidberg and APV. Farmhand Ltd was formed in 1962 as a 50-50 partnership by Denis Scrivener and Bernard Krone, grandfather of the current Krone owner and CEO. Employing 3 people, Farmhand had a rented office in Merrion Square, Dublin and a yard in Lucan. Farmhand started with Quicke, then a very small company in...
Since its release, the Hayknife has made a big impact. "This is down to a number of factors" says Marketing Manager for Farmhand, Stephen Scrivener. "Not only does the Hayknife prevent the need for bending down under bales and bags which is an obvious hazard, it allows the user to put a few feet between them and the effluent pouring out of the wrapped bale. This is something everybody who opens wrapped bales can appreciate!" Journalists all...
The world’s most powerful dual purpose wagon has arrived. Most powerful? The new ZX looks set to have the largest intake of any wagon every produced. This is down to the 400HP-rated drive line which incorporates a high speed power band and unique speed reduction gearbox inside the chopping rotor which is powered by a 6 groove poly V belt and planetary gears. This driveline concept caters for the enormous horsepower that is available today. The variable...
Krone has long been at the forefront of the mower market in Ireland. New for 2016, all mowers have moved to R- series. What this means is more features with the same legendary durability. Whether it is an AMR240 8ft farmer’s machine or the BIG M, the technology is largely the same. The Krone mower range may be designed and manufactured in Germany but is has been tried & tested in Ireland. Along with importer Farmhand Ltd,...
