Brothers James and Padraig Barry run separate farms in Lixnaw and Listowel, Co. Kerry along with their uncle Con. The family has also recently set up an agricultural contracting business to cater for the needs of local farmers. The Barry’s operate enterprises which include a large dairy farm in Lixnaw and a dry stock and […]
M Beattie & Son Ltd. in County Tyrone has been providing the agri sector with a superb animal feeds / general merchants service for over six-and-a-half decades. Since opening up their new state-of-the-art mill in 2007, the fourth-generation family business has gone from strength to strength. We dropped into their Newtownstewart HQ and met Arnold […]
Farmers take great pride in their livestock and not only are they a form of income for them, but farm animals are generally treated like part of the family. There are many different aspects to farming as a lot depends on the type of land being farmed as well as other characteristics, but the most […]
Machinery in the farming industry doesn’t come cheap and farmers can be forgiven for taking a cautious approach when making a purchase. Trust is a major issue when spending thousands of euro and that is why many farmers stick with what they know best and remain with the same dealer over the years. This is […]
Providing a wide range of top-quality services from their Ballydesmond base on the Cork/Kerry border, Kelly Bros have earned a reputation for excellence over the past three decades and more. We caught up with Sean Kelly to take a closer look at this operation, which is as impressive as it is varied. There’s no airs […]
We all like our comfort when we travel from one destination to another whether it be by car, bus, plane, boat or train and we are not too shy to speak up if the conditions are not what we desire. Animals and livestock in particular don’t have that facility to tell us if they are […]
Having started with a small dairy herd a little over a decade ago, husband-and-wife John and Sylvia Powell are now milking 220 cows on their busy farm outside Birr in Co. Offaly. The herd, a mixture of Holstein Friesian, Jersey and Kiwi Cross, produces approximately one million litres of milk per year which is supplied […]
Operating from Donaghadee, Co. Down, J & TJ Townley provides a complete agricultural contracting service. The family-run business cuts between 3,500 and 4,000 acres of pit silage each summer and recently took delivery of a new Kuhn triple mower to help with this year’s cuts. The Townley name has been synonymous with the agri contracting […]
With Herbst Software, you can now integrate cameras in to their business management system to help businesses better manage their stock movements, traceability and assist in dispute resolution. In the latest release of their Insight platform, the Wicklow software company announces that live cameras with time and data stamped footage will be linked to things […]
From a time when everything was hands on, the machinery available in the farming community these days allows agricultural contractors to get through at least ten times as much work on a daily basis. Agricultural Contractors have benefitted greatly from the evolution of technology, but there is one thing that cannot be surpassed and that […]
