June 2021

Donkey and Gazza were ⭐ struck when they met Youtube sensation @The Hoof GP ! Graeme very kindly puts on a demo for them and gave them an insight into how it all began! (He is also very impressed with the Fastrac).

Today at our stand Donkey and Gazza have a chat with James McKay about the 'Machine of the show' the Volvo L90.
James tells us how the new Volvo L90 has been going so far.

We called in to see the team at J Grennan & Sons to get an insight into their family run milling business and the driving force behind it!

Next up in our show today Kirstie heads out to Damm Holsteins, a pedigree dairy herd in Lisburn, where she gets chatting to David, Mark, Andrew and Rory about the prep that goes into showing dairy cows!

With a few fine days promised, we managed to get first cut in at the barn! The JF 1100 came out of hibernation to be tested on the Fendt 820 with a couple of hiccups in between, the new Smyth trailer got a run on the John Deere 7310R and we saw another JCB Fastrac & Ktwo combination!

Today Donkey and Gazza headed off to the Cooney Furlong stand to have a chat with Tom about the new generation Krone Big X 630 and the changes to the Case Puma range.

Donkey and Gazza mix it up with a trip to the Trioliet stand to chat with Padraig about their vast range of feeding equipment and find out how Phillip McKee got on with their Demo Solomix 2-1600

Donkey and Gazza called out to see Sophie and her sister Natasha training for the show season with Natasha's horse Gerry! Sophie gives them a run through everything that goes into show jumping from prep to show!

Donkey and Gazza headed off to Hogg Engineering's stand to get the lowdown on their low loaders. David talks to them about the business and how it was set up by himself and his two brothers and gives them a run through some of the trailers that they had on their display!

Donkey & Gazza visit the Leinster Farm Machines stand to get their CLAAS fix ! Philip tells them about the history of the business and some exciting machines they have supplied this season !

No show would be complete without the YFCU involvement. Lisnamurrican young farmers demonstrate an annual tractor handling competition for us!

Next up in our show today Kirstie heads out to Tamnamoney Texels, Northern Ireland's champion texel flock two years running and gets chatting to Ivanna about the preparation and judging that comes with sheep showing!