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Stellar service the hallmark of Swaine Agri

19 Nov , 2024  

Swaine Agri is embedded into the local community on the back of consistently delivering unrivalled levels of aftersales service to the farming community down through the decades. We travelled to the beating heart of midlands and touched base with Liam Swaine to get an update on this exceptional industry-leading machinery sales and service specialist. Proven […]

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Clare Marts Ltd celebrates 65 years

13 Nov , 2024  

Celebrating 65 years in business, Clare Marts Ltd is one of Ireland’s leading marts with branches in Ennis, Scariff, Kilfenora and Kilrush. An ability to adapt and move with the times has been central to Clare Marts Ltd’s continued growth and success. The farmer-owned co-operative has faced many challenges down through the years, and none more so than the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 […]

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Tom Shaw Farm Machinery adds another string to its bow

7 Nov , 2024  

Tom Shaw Farm Machinery Ltd is a leading tractor and machinery dealership based outside Birr in Co. Offaly which was recently appointed Kawasaki Mule Pro dealer for the Midlands and West. The family-run business holds several other well-known franchises, including Krone, McHale, Amazone, HiSpec, Quicke, APV and SAME / Deutz-Fahr, and also stocks a large range of […]

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Pat Cronin & Sons hits 50-year mark

4 Nov , 2024  

Established 50 years now, Pat Cronin & Sons in Gattabawn, Co Kerry provides its customers with a wide range of agri contracting services. Irish Tractor Agri & Plant caught up with Paudie Cronin to hear about the services on offer from this family outfit and the impressive fleet in which it operates with. Half a […]

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Pedigree cattle breeders par excellence

30 Oct , 2024  

Located on the Atlantic coast near Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, Scurmore Pedigree is synonymous with pedigree Charolais and Limousin cattle, including the renowned Bostonia Charolais herd. Scurmore Pedigree is a 250-acre pedigree and commercial cattle enterprise owned by Brendan and Greg Feeney, two brothers originally from nearby Castleconnor but based in Boston for many years where […]

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Connecting Classrooms to Woodlands: Minister Pippa Hackett launches Forest Owner school tour programme

24 Oct , 2024  

The North East Forestry Group (NEFG), a forest owners network based in the North East, has launched a new school tour programme for secondary students to   connect students with real-life forest environments, offering practical lessons that directly support their classroom learning with bespoke tours. Teachers can book their classes into a local forest tour […]

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Jamun Ltd celebrates 10 years at the cutting edge

24 Oct , 2024  

Celebrating 10 years in business, Jamun Ltd is a leading forest thinning and clearfelling specialist based in Crossmolina, Co. Mayo which works for Coillte and private clients across the West and North-West. Plantations as they mature and develop require thinning and ultimately clearfell at maturity. Thinning of a conifer crop is usually carried out from 15 years onwards […]

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Shortens Garage and New Holland go hand-in-hand

22 Oct , 2024  

Shortens Garage in Ballineen, Co. Cork is a leading independent tractor dealer specialising in New Holland as well as parts, servicing and repairs. As new tractor prices continue to sky-rocket, more and more farmers and contractors are turning to the second-hand market in their search for a value-for-money alternative. And they don’t have to look any […]

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Bord Bia launches dairy campaign in Bangkok and hosts Irish companies at a dairy trade show in Vietnam

18 Oct , 2024  

Bord Bia has launched a dairy campaign in Thailand as part of the Irish government’s first ever agri-food trade mission to the country. The Thailand leg of the European Dairy – Ireland, Working with Nature campaign was launched in Bangkok and promotes dairy from Ireland in South East Asia. It is part of a wider three-year campaign targeting […]

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Country Crest and Tesco Ireland sign renewed multi-year contract worth almost €100 million

18 Oct , 2024  

Country Crest and Tesco Ireland have committed to their future partnership a further with a multi-year contract extension for the supply of potatoes, onions, and sweet potatoes to all Tesco stores nationwide and for online shopping.  The contract, worth nearly €100 million, solidifies the strong partnership the retailer has had with the North County Dublin […]