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To be precise – Clonmel Precision

3 May , 2016  

Clonmel Precision Engineering Ltd. provides unrivalled industrial and agricultural machinery manufacturing and repair solutions. We dropped into the company’s state-of-the-art facility on Clonmel’s Cashel Road to find out more about this exceptional, cutting-edge operation from founder / proprietor Michael Burke. For more than a quarter of a century, Michael Burke of Clonmel Precision Engineering Ltd. […]

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Specialising in trailers since 1959

27 Apr , 2016  

From its well-appointed, state-of-the-art facility, County Cork based Lynch Trailers manufacture an impressive range of high quality tractor drawn trailers as well as providing a superb after sales and repair service of all trailer types including jeep drawn livestock trailers, plant trailers etc.  We met up with Dónal Lynch to get an insight into this […]

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Southern sales soaring for McCullagh Farm Machinery

26 Apr , 2016  

A quarter of a century after its inception, County Fermanagh based McCullagh Farm Machinery continues to go from strength to strength. We dropped into their well-stocked, recently-expanded facility at Bellanaleck, Enniskillen and touched base with managing director Lloyd McCullagh to find out about the latest developments in this exceptional family-run business. For 25 years, McCullagh […]

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Thirty-five years of the Kepak Group

20 Apr , 2016  

The Kepak Group is one of Europe’s foremost food processing companies. Celebrating 35 years in business in 2016, the Group has grown to employ 2,000 staff. Kepak has come a long way since the late Noel Keating, who had a butcher shop in The Liberties in central Dublin, formed the company in Clonee, Co. Meath […]

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Born to farm

19 Apr , 2016  

For some, farming is second nature. It flows through the veins; it’s part of the DNA. Limerick brothers Alan and Shane Ruttle are two such individuals. Although aged just 32, Alan has already accumulated decades of experience working the land, having started farming when he was a young boy. We travelled to Askeaton in County […]

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Wool merchants par excellence

18 Apr , 2016  

Laurence Pierce (Wool Merchants) Ltd has been trading for over 150 years and is currently headed up by father-and-son Vincent and David Pierce. Based in Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, the family-run business has expanded its operations in recent years with the acquisition of Ilyich Wool Washers Ltd in Belarus and wool intake points in Croatia and […]

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“Animal welfare is a huge issue with us”

13 Apr , 2016  

Take the stress out of transporting your pedigree livestock by contacting MD Workman Ltd. The welfare of your animals is the Monaghan based company’s number one priority when it comes to their international livestock transport service. Transporting live animals requires special attention and MD Workman always live up to their promise to ensure that, during […]

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“We do good buildings cheaply”

12 Apr , 2016  

From the construction of Agricultural Sheds and Storage Solutions through to Industrial Units, A Cloke & Sons Ltd’s impressive portfolio showcases build projects at their very best. A Cloke & Sons Ltd’s background in agricultural buildings spans back to 1979 when Andy Cloke established the business and since then they have developed an envious reputation […]

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A family affair at Craig’s Family Farm

11 Apr , 2016  

The Craig family have been farming from their base up in Newtowncunningham, Co Donegal for a quarter of a century now, so Irish Tractor & Agri felt it was time to catch up with a member of the clan. Farming and family is a combination has always gone hand in hand together in this country […]

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Contracting at its best

8 Apr , 2016  

Agricultural Contractors have benefitted greatly from the evolution of technology, but there is one thing that cannot be surpassed and that is experience. From a time when everything was hands on, the machinery available these days allows operators to get through at least ten times as much work on a daily basis. Being able to […]