CountryWide

The 91-year old farmer from Westmeath still gets out on his Massey Ferguson 165 every day to do jobs around the yard.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Countrywide Full Episode 31/01/2026See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ireland’s farm machinery sector is an unsung economic dynamo, creating nearly as much wealth as the tourist industry and a value to the economy of almost €5bn. Simon Cross from Cross Agri-Engineering in Kildare; Michael Farrelly, CEO of the FTMTA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An excerpt from Seamus’s memoir Leaning On Gates about what “innovating” with tractors in the eighties.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

40% of workplace fatalities happen on farms. Half of those involve machinery. Suzanne Campbell accompanies a HSA inspector doing a farm safety audit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.