Kennedy Bros Agri Contractors Ltd has been serving the needs of farmers in the midlands and west for over 65 years. Operating from Ballyforan on the Roscommon-Galway border, the family-run concern offers a comprehensive agri contracting service which includes silage cutting, round baling, slurry spreading, ploughing, reseeding and plant hire. Established by Tom Kennedy in […]
F-CON Civil and Structural Engineering offers a five-star quality of product and service. Irish Tractor & Agri spoke to MD Stephen Fitzpatrick to find out what they’re about. Ideally located in the country’s Midlands, F-CON Civil and Structural Engineering and its staff have years of experience delivering high quality civil and structural engineering projects. The […]
When the winter months descend on us, thoughts of a warm breakfast to help people start the day are very much to the forefront of our minds. And one food dominates all others when it comes to a good healthy start to the day and that is porridge, which is a dish made by boiling ground, […]
Approximately 400 farmers from across Northern Ireland turned out for this year’s Annual National Milk Records (NMR) Open Day which was hosted by the Fullerton family of Lisnamuck Holsteins. Sean Fullerton recalls an eventful day in conversation with Irish Tractor magazine. One of the highlights of the dairying year in Northern Ireland, the NMR Open […]
Coming up on four years since he first started AbbeyGold Feeds Ltd, David Casey is still going strong in the producing and selling of animal feeds. Irish Tractor & Agri caught up with the company’s director to find out more. Quality value and service are the vital philosophies for the future of every business to […]
When it comes to agricultural contracting, time is of the essence, certainly during the summer months when silage and baling are two services can are confined to small windows, especially given the nature of the Irish weather. In fairness, the 2015 summer, while although not sending us all for the sun block on a regular […]
Celebrating 10 years in business, Tullyallen Mobile Tyres provide a Louth mobile tyres service and are available to supply new tyres, part worn tyres for all types of vehicles in Tullyallen and surrounding areas. We spoke to MD George O’Brien to find out more. “If this year is anything to go by, I’d hope to […]
The Leonard family have been farming in Stamullen, Co. Meath for almost a century. Joseph Leonard, a 2014 Nuffield scholar, is currently milking 500 cows on his Balloy Farm and is also involved with his younger brother Michael in Bellewstown Golf Course, a business they set up together in 2004. In the last 12 months, […]
Ireland is renowned for producing some of the best fruit and veg in the world as our climate is perfect for the growing of certain food products. There are many growers all over the country, and this industry employs thousands of people as they supply shops, hotels, restaurant, hospitals, the public and other sectors. Fruit […]
Eoin Doyle’s Ashgrove Stables in Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny has produced over 270 winners. The 36-year-old currently has 28 horses in training, the majority of which are owned by syndicates. The well-known national hunt and flat trainer, who is married to Gemma and has three children, Katie (10), Maebh (five) and Noel (three), took over the […]
