Doherty Potatoes in Burt, Co Donegal have been supplying a large customer base with their high quality potatoes for two generations. This family run business has continued to evolve with the times and their state of the art facility allows them to provide an efficient and excellent service. For this month’s edition of Irish Tractor […]
Celebrating 25 years in business, Codd Mushrooms is the largest supplier of mushrooms to the Irish market. Based in Tullow, Co. Carlow, the family-run concern has plans for further expansion as founder and marketing manager Leslie Codd explains. Since its establishment in 1989, Codd Mushrooms has grown year-on-year to become the largest seller of mushrooms […]
Rush in Co. Dublin is synonymous with being the main production area for produce in Ireland. The area has been renowned for generations for producing quality produce, mainly attributed to, by the fertile soil. With 70% of all vegetables produced in North Dublin, and Rush being the main production area, it has been referred to […]
Alfred J Vance & Sons provides a keen agricultural contracting / plant hire service to customers throughout Donegal. We dropped into the company base at Carrigans, close to Lifford, to get an insight into the history and current activities of this successful family business, which is renowned for providing a prompt and efficient solution at […]
Moloney Agri Ltd is one of Ireland’s top agricultural contractors and even has the award to prove it, having scooped the Farming Independent / Zurich Insurance Contractor of the Year award for 2014 in Dublin on May 9 last. The Clogheen, Co. Tipperary-based concern was one of three contractors shortlisted for the prestigious award along […]
For nearly 60 years, Annalitten Foods Ltd has been synonymous with the Irish egg industry. Run by the O’Reilly family near Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, this thriving egg production, packing and distribution company has undergone major expansion in the past two decades to become one of the country’s leading egg producers. Annalitten Foods, which also trades […]
Part of the KARRO Food Group, Cookstown has been one of Ireland’s leading pork producers since 1937. Its famous sausage sizzlers have been part of many family’s daily meals for generations. The brand really came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the late George Best declared Cookstown to be “the best […]
Swanlinbar Mushrooms was established in 1988 as growers of quality mushrooms. The family-run business produces approximately 17,000kg of mushrooms per week which they supply exclusively to Monaghan Mushrooms. Founder and managing director Danny Malanaphy started out with five small tunnels in Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan producing 6,000kg of mushrooms per week. Five years ago, he effectively […]
For any business to reach their 20th anniversary is a remarkable achievement given the volatile economic climate that we live in. For this month’s edition of Irish Tractor & Agri we profile Cork based McCarthy Plant & Agri Sales Ltd and speak to company managing director Tim McCarthy about the success of the business over […]
Smyths Daleside in County Donegal, is one of the most modern mills in the country. It has a heritage of producing superior animal feeds since 1865 and currently serves an extensive customer base right across the northern half of Ireland. To get an insight into this “feed solution” business, we spoke to Ray Winters (General […]
