Dunleer farmer Michael Callan is one such farmer that despite extending his dairy herd over the last number of years, has seen the price in milk fall considerably. “Getting rid of the milk quota didn’t really have a huge effect on the price of milk. The world market did and that is what will […]
2015 saw Corby Rock Mill Ltd celebrate 40 years of continued excellence in animal feed products, so Irish Tractor & Agri felt it was time to catch up with the Co Monaghan-based company which now has a thriving trade in the Poultry, Ruminant, Sheep and Calf markets. Established since 1975, Corby Rock Mill was set-up to […]
Currently milking 450 Holstein Friesian cows three times a day, the Gardiners are one of the biggest dairy farmers in the Craigavon area. Reggie Gardiner explains more. Reggie has been involved in dairy farming since the age of 16 when he started out with half a dozen cows. Fast forward nearly 60 years and he’s […]
Glen Keen Farm has left no stone unturned in its quest to become Ireland premier agri-tourism attraction. We travelled west to the Wild Atlantic Way and caught up with Catherine O’Grady Powers & her husband Jim Powers to get an insight into this spectacular sheep farm and the wide range of activities that attract visitors […]
Watertop Open Farm is the brainchild of Patsy and Terry McBride and the brothers have successfully developed the family farm into a popular Northern Ireland tourist attraction. Open for caravan and camping, school and group visits, from Easter to Halloween, the activities for day visits are now open for July and August. Watertop Open Farm […]
Game of Krones – featuring as its focal point a metal ‘throne’ fabricated in Dublin entirely from Krone machinery parts and components – will be just one of the attractions the public may expect to enjoy when visiting the Farmhand stand at the forthcoming FTMTA Farm Machinery Show at Punchestown. Brainchild of their marketing manager, […]
McCaul Dairy Services is an approved DeLaval distributor for all of Co. Cavan and North Meath. Offering a comprehensive service to its customers, the family-run business is also an agent for Alfco automatic scrapers and cow mats as well as Cashman and Orby parlour feeders. Established in September 2013 by Padraig McCaul who has been […]
The Robson name has been synonymous with breeding pedigree cattle around Ballyclare in Co Antrim for decades now. Irish Tractor & Agri found out more about Kilbride Farms Simmentals from Michael Robson, one of the members of the clan. Breeding champions is no easy task – whatever field you might be in – but the […]
From his base in Macroom, County Cork, Noel Kelleher provides a range of outstanding services, including tree cutting / harvesting and wood chipping, hedge cutting and site clearance as well as cleaning poultry houses and running a beef suckler enterprise. We interrupted his busy schedule to find out more. Cork man Noel Kelleher certainly couldn’t […]
From an early age, North Kerry farmer / contractor Neilus O’Connor identified the importance of diversification, which has culminated in a varied and successful enterprise comprising potato production; silage and baling contracting; and firewood production, We travelled to Moyvane and caught up with the practical, highly-motivated and industrious young Kerryman, who was recently elected vice-chairman […]
