The Irish have been at it again – setting yet another machinery world record.

This time it’s for the highest number of self-propelled forage harvesters working in one field simultaneously.

The new record, as adjudicated by profi, involved 104 self-propelled forage harvesters working in the same field for five minutes and 45 seconds.

Working with the foragers there were 113 tractors and trailers hauling the crop to the pit as part of the ‘Great Grass Event’ on Saturday, May 6.

It all happened in a 100-acre field on the O’Sullivan dairy farm, near Kiltale, in Co Meath.

Weather held fine for most of the day but clouds did appear around 4pm prompting the organisers, Combines 4 Charity, to get the record attempt underway.

The organisers reckon there was more than €30m in machinery and 65,000 hp working that day.

The grass was mowed two days prior to the event and although wasn’t heavy in yield, was in tip-top condition for harvesting.

Foragers rolled in from distant places, such as counties Clare and Cork in the south and counties Londonderry and Antrim, in Northern Ireland.

Raphael McCaughey came in from Castleblaney with his 2007 Claas 870 in order to give his forager a ‘trial run’ before his main silage season starts in the last week of May.

Contractor, Gerard Malone, from Westmeath, only took delivery of his 2014 Claas 950 Jaguar the day before the event.

“It’s great to be here to be part of the record,” he said. “The forager only arrived on Friday as I had upgraded my old machine. I’m based not that far away from here so I drove in this morning.”

There was one lady operator, Ann Hanrahan, from Birr, in Co Offaly driving her New Holland FX58.

In the end, it took just under six minutes to allow the 104 foragers to work all at once and claim the new world record.

People travelled from all over Ireland to be present at the machinery spectacle, including some from as far away as Germany and Australia.

* The Great Grass Event is supporting a number of charities, including Gary Kelly Cancer Support Centre, Barnardos and the National Rehabilitation Hospital.

Organisers are collecting entry fees from all the foragers and tractors as well as the audience and will announce the final figure collected in due course.