At a recent meeting, the FTMTA Executive Council agreed the dates for what will be the flagship farm machinery event of 2019.

The FTMTA Farm Machinery Show 2019 will be held at Punchestown Event Centre near Naas over three days from, Thursday, February 7th to Saturday, February 9th.

A statement on the  FTMTA website says the previous show which took place in 2017 proved to be the most successful such event ever with a total of nearly 21,000 visitors to the Show over three days as well as the highest number of exhibitors and largest area of exhibition space to date. Organisers say it is hoped that is will be possible to expand the exhibition area further and to deliver a larger even event in 2019.

The FTMTA say exhibitor application packs for the Show will be issued during August and will be sent to all exhibitors at last year's FTMTA Farm Machinery Show and at this year's FTMTA Grass & Muck.

Any other firms interested in exhibiting at next year's Show should register their interest in advance by calling 045 409309 or emailing to admin@ftmta.ie .