Tradition means a lot to vastly-experienced building contractor Kevin McCarthy, who has been delivering high-quality, durable and value-added agricultural buildings across West Cork and beyond for more than 50 years. Hailing from Dunmanway in County Cork, Kevin McCarthy began working on farm buildings as a young man alongside his brothers in the early 1970s. Since […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Celebrating 15 years in business, Patrick Halpin Agri Contracting Ltd is a leading farm contracting firm based in Knocklong, Co. Limerick. The family business provides a wide range of services, including baled and pit silage, slurry spreading, dung spreading, reseeding, lime and fertiliser spreading, hedge cutting and digger work. There is never a dull moment […]
Based in Boherboy, Co Waterford, Hurley Agri Services provides its customers with a quality agricultural contracting service which is second to none around the country’s south east region. Irish Tractor Agri & Plant spoke with Jamie Hurley to discuss the ins and outs of this family venture in the Deise County – from its origins […]
