Farmers the full length of the west coast continue to give E. Mitchell Engineering the ultimate seal of approval and proprietor Emmet Mitchell confirms that he is busier than ever as he moves into his seventh year delivering high-quality farm buildings and certified structural steel services. Since skilled steel fabricator Emmet Mitchell returned home from […]
Eleven years on from the company’s inception, the trusty team at GRIMME Ireland – who provide farmers across the island with the world’s most iconic machinery for the planting and harvesting of root crops and an aftersales service to match – are busier than ever. We popped into their Balbriggan HQ and briefly interrupted commercial […]
Crecora Mills has been manufacturing and supplying high-quality animal feeds to farmers for over 40 years. The family-run business covers the Munster region with two locations in Co. Limerick and one in Co. Kerry. From humble beginnings in the early 1980s when John O’Connell started making animal feed to supplement the family farm, Crecora Mills […]
Celebrating 25 years in business, McAllen Agri Ltd in Gort, Co. Galway is a leading contracting firm specialising in pit and baled silage, slurry and dung spreading, reseeding, digger work – including site clearance, land reclamation and drainage – and grain harvesting. The McAllen name has been synonymous with farm contracting in the South Galway […]
As Ireland’s first Powered by Kramp retail store, BVS Parts in Athy, County Kildare is an industry-leading family-run business which supplies a comprehensive range of farm and garden products to customers nationwide. We touched base with general manager Declan Maher, who runs BVS Parts alongside his brother Alan, to discuss the dramatic increase in demand […]
More than 40 organic businesses, food producers, processors, and advisory services will be in situ at a dedicated “Organic Village” marquee at this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois. Co-hosted by National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Organic Village will be a one-stop shop […]
JDH Farms Ltd is a 370-sow enterprise run by brothers Dermot and Joe Healy near Tullow, Co. Carlow. While JDH Farms has been in business for less than a decade, the brothers are third-generation pig farmers. The Healy’s are one of just 230 commercial pig producers in Ireland who operate about 400 farms between them. Incredibly, these 230 producers support over 8,000 jobs […]
For a dozen years and counting, Cunningham Agri Contractors have been delivering a full range of prompt, efficient and professional agri contracting services to meet the exact needs of farmers within a 30km radius of Tuam in County Galway. We headed west and caught up with founder and proprietor Barry Cunningham to find out more […]
Operating out of Lusk, Co Dublin, Talamh Contracts Ltd is an environmental road maintenance specialist and contracting business renowned for its excellent service. Irish Tractor Agri & Plant caught up with company co-director Cillian Burke to find out what it has been up to lately. Business continues to go strong at Talamh Contracts since being […]
Thanks to the unprecedented range of generous supports available to farmers, there has never been a better time to consider combining farming and forestry. We touched base with Western Forestry Co-op CEO Marina Conway to look at the many benefits of farm afforestation and why it is imperative that farmers retain ownership of their land. […]
