Young Cork woman Maeve O’Keeffe has come up with an innovative solution to combat lameness on Irish farms. The game-changing Inspect4 turnover hydraulic hoof paring crate has garnered top prize for innovation at the Tullamore Show and is creating quite a stir at home and abroad. We travelled to Ballynoe in east Cork to get […]
MG Plant & Machinery Sales Ltd is celebrating 20 years in business. The company specialises in the sale and export of quality used construction equipment from most of the recognised brands in the market place, and counts many farmers among its customers. Based in Swinford, Co. Mayo, MG Plant & Machinery Sales is headed up […]
Looking for manufacturers of quality animal feed products in Ireland? Look no further than Denn Agri who, since its inception in 1980, has developed a reputation which is the envy of many of its competitors. Established over thirty years ago in Cappoquin by Pat Denn, Denn Agri is a leading manufacturer and supplier of a […]
Claremorris, County Mayo-based Dolan Agri offers a vast range of agricultural products and services, including innovative small-scale contracting. We caught up with owner John Dolan to take a close look at this multifaceted, trailblazing operation. Dolan Agri – formerly known as Daniel Dolan Agri Services Ltd. – was founded in 2010 by John Dolan, the […]
Philip Britton runs a a state-of-the-art dairying operation in Tipperary and has proven himself to be resilient when it has come to absorbing and managing change on the farm he operates with his uncle Michael. The Britton family have been farming at the foot of the picturesque Slievenamon mountains for generations and Philip Britton is […]
The farming community relies on high quality equipment in order to carry out their daily duties and to the get the best out of their stock. There is a wide range of farming equipment on the market today but few can rival the quality products and extensive range that Cork based company O’Donovan Engineering have […]
Celebrating 15 years in business, Cairns Contracting has been providing its customers with the kind of efficient service which keeps them coming back again and again. Irish Tractor spoke to company owner Garth Cairns to find out more about the County Armagh-based outfit. Since 1999, Garth Cairns has been operating his own agricultural contracting business […]
For over three decades, Corbett Concrete Products Ltd. has specialised in the manufacture, delivery and fitting of high-quality cattle slats to a wide range of satisfied customers across Munster and beyond. We popped into the company’s Cahir, County Tipperary facility to get an insight into day-to-day operations at this market-leading operation from general manager Michael […]
For some, agricultural contracting is quite simply in the blood, part of the DNA so to speak. They are born to the land. This certainly applies to McConaghy Contracts, a prolific third-generation family business operating out of Bushmills in County Antrim. We met up with Robert McConaghy to take a closer look at this long-established […]
Gurteen College is one of Ireland’s foremost agricultural colleges. Situated in Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary, it offers training courses in agriculture and equine studies for farms and rural enterprises, and provides a solid foundation for progression to higher level courses and future careers. Founded in 1947 as Gurteen Agricultural College by the Methodist Church in Ireland […]
