The farming industry in Ireland is growing all the time and following the abolishing of the milk quota, dairy farmers in particular are set to increase the size of their farms. While adding more stock to their herds and increasing their acreage will be a necessity if they want to grow, so too will be […]
As far as the prerequisites of providing top-class agricultural contracting solutions goes, Drennan Agri Contractors ticks all the boxes: exceptional fleet, quality service, passion and enthusiasm – all backed up by decades of experience. We caught up with John Drennan at his Cullohill, County Laois base to discuss the history, current status and future plans […]
With farmers in Ireland getting an increasingly-raw deal and family farms under greater threat than ever, Wicklow IFA chairman Tom Shortt is doing all in his power to give more control back to the primary producer – the most important link in the food chain. We met up with the Newtownmountkennedy tillage farmer to discuss […]
The McVerry family have been in dairy for over 50 years. Patsy McVerry and his son Michael milk approximately 320 cows in Whitecross, Co. Armagh and supply to Town of Monaghan Co-Op. Dairy is the main type of farming carried out in the Whitecross area and the McVerry’s have been at it since circa 1900. […]
Vincent Cannon & Co Ltd are fully committed to providing the highest quality quarry products. We dropped into the company base at Masonbrook, Loughrea, County Galway to get an insight into the long and illustrious history and current activities of the successful family business through the eyes of one of the company directors Padraig Cannon. […]
From humble beginnings, G&A Hanrahan Ltd has grown into one of the midlands’ leading agricultural contracting firms. As well as providing a complete agri contracting service, the family-run business specialises in precast products. Ger Hanrahan is different to 99.9 per cent of agricultural contractors in that he wasn’t born into a farming family. He attributes […]
Established in 1904, Mountbellew Agricultural College was Ireland’s first agricultural college. One-hundred-and-eleven years on, the County Galway based facility is still going strong, enjoying key ties with GMIT and Teagasc. We met up with principal Tom Burke to get an insight into the courses on offer, the continued excellence of this famed institute, and the […]
For most farmers, milking 400 cows would be too big a task. Not so for Co. Antrim brothers Pat and Vincent McKavanagh of Caldhame Farms, who also are agricultural contractors and the people behind Greenacre Composting. Following in their father Vincent and grandfather Daniel’s footsteps, Pat and Vincent farm approximately 1,250 acres at Nutts Corner, […]
Horse trainers are a rare breed and more to the point successful horse trainers are a scarce commodity as it is not easy to gain success in this game. However, there are the few that have led the way over the years and as often as not, a new trainer emerges on the scene every […]
The summer months are upon us and in the farming community that generally means one thing, time to harvest some fodder for their cattle. Whether it be hay, silage or crops, farmers and more so, agricultural contractors are focused on getting the job done and given the unpredictable nature of the Irish weather, time is […]
