Based close to the village of Two-Mile Borris, Coolcroo Farm is renowned for the quality of its potatoes, which are naturally grown using traditional farmyard manure. The celebrated nature of the crop should come as no surprise given the Healy family’s All-Ireland winning pedigree! We visited the well-appointed family farm in County Tipperary and met […]
The award-winning Ballinadee Engineering reached the milestone of 30 years in business in 2015 and the Cork company marked the occasion with the launch of the latest addition to their wide and varied project range – The O’Neill Batch Feed Dispenser – at the Tullamore Show in August. Ballinadee Engineering’s total dedication to innovation, excellence […]
Livestock marts have made a vital contribution to the economy in towns all around Ireland for over half a century. We caught up with Ray Doyle, secretary of the National Marts Committee of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) to discuss the ongoing battle to ensure that these marts remain open and continue to serve […]
Hundreds of thousands of people in Ireland make a living from farming and not all of those own land, have livestock or are agricultural contractors. Dairy, beef, sheep and pig farming all extend much further than from the fields that they are raised in. For this month’s edition of Irish Tractor & Agri, we took […]
A former chairman of both Carbery Group (an innovative and highly-successful confederation of four co-ops) and Barryroe Co-op, John O’Brien is one of the leading dairy farmers in West Cork. We met up with the irrepressible Barryroe man, who has evolved an exceptional enterprise in the face of tremendous adversity. John O’Brien has known adversity, […]
Millions of euro is spent by farmers each year on their farms as the necessity to have farm buildings that meet all regulation needs is essential. We all like our comfort and farm animals are no different and for farmers to get the best out of their stock, a proper housing environment has to be […]
Manna Organic Farm and Store in the Dingle peninsula is a true labour of love for husband-and-wife team Thomas and Claire O’Connor. We took a trip to County Kerry for a closer look at this exceptional enterprise. Located in the lush Gleann na Galt Valley near Camp, Manna Organic Farm is a 25-acre smallholding, which […]
Just shy of celebrating 25 years in business, S&M Engineering continues to manufacture some of the finest everyday equipment for everyday farmers. Kyle Alexander is a partner with the Co Tyrone-based company and told Irish Tractor all about the thriving business. Everyone likes a success story and S&M Engineering certainly fits the bill. First founded […]
Milk quotas are a thing of the past and Pat Hickey says good riddance. The Kilkenny native maintains that the quota system stifled the entrepreneurial instincts of a generation of dairy farmers. The Irish dairy industry has operated within an EU quota system since 1983. Volumes were fixed but the EU effectively provided a minimum […]
Operating from just outside Clones in Co. Monaghan, Maguire Contracts provides an unrivalled agricultural contracting service. Managing director Mark Maguire explains more. Mark founded Maguire Contracts in 2004 to cater for the needs of farmers in the border region. Committed to providing a quality service and total client satisfaction, the business specialises primarily in silage […]
