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Byrne Bros: one of Louth’s leading agri contractors

23 Sep , 2020  

From their base in Stabannon, County Louth, brothers David and Patrick Byrne have been providing a wide range of professional, high-quality agri contracting services for a decade and counting. We travelled to the Wee County and had a chat with David to find out more about this exceptional, family-run operation. As tillage and beef farmers […]

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Serving the farming community 30 years

22 Sep , 2020  

Andrew Lacey Agri Machinery Ltd is set to celebrate 30 years in business this year, so Irish Tractor & Agri found out all about the Wexford-based company from Stephen Lacey recently. These are busy times at Andrew Lacey Agri Machinery Ltd and the Lacey family intend to keep things that way as they get set […]

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Delivering the finest farm buildings for over three decades

18 Sep , 2020  

For more than thirty years, Seamus Fitzpatrick Construction Ltd. have been providing farmers across counties Monaghan and Cavan with high-quality, value-added farm building and poultry house construction services. We travelled to their Ballybay base and caught up with Rory Fitzpatrick to find out more about this exceptional, second-generation family business. Covering counties Monaghan and Cavan […]

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Ward Agri Contractors – keeping it in the family

16 Sep , 2020  

Since 1986, Ward Agri Contractors have been supplying a top class and efficient service to a loyal customer base who have been with them since the start. Little did Padraig Ward know when he established the business 34 years ago that they would be still going strong today and he has been joined by his […]

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Still putting an emphasis on quality

10 Sep , 2020  

Tir-Con Engineering Ltd is a design-and-build company, with an international reputation for providing the best solutions available today. Irish Tractor & Agri learned all about the Co Derry-based company from its founder and proprietor, Paul McGovern recently. In June 2018, Tir-Con Engineering Ltd expanded its business to a new location in Moneymore, Magherafelt and it’s […]

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Agri consultancy par excellence

8 Sep , 2020  

Committed to supporting farmers meet the challenges they face in an ever-changing sector, Ryan Agri Consultancy Ltd is a leading advisory based in Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary. Established in 2007 by Willie Ryan, the company provides a wide range of agricultural consultancy services to clients in North Tipperary, South Offaly, East Galway and further afield on […]

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Best in the North-West for 25 years

2 Sep , 2020  

Celebrating 25 years in business, Wauchope Agri Contractors is a leading Co. Donegal-based agri contracting business specialising in pit and baled silage, umbilical slurry spreading, ploughing, harvesting and soil preparation. The business grew from the Wauchope family carrying out their own tillage work on their 300-acre farm near Castlefinn, which is located in the Finn Valley between Ballybofey and Lifford. While Robert Wauchope continues […]

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Generations at Drummondmore Dairy Farm

27 Aug , 2020  

Keith Agnew is a fourth-generation dairy farmer who runs a family business on the outskirts of Newry in partnership with his wife Ruth and sons Josh and Jonny. Irish Tractor & Agri visited Drummondmore Dairy Farm to find out more about this dairy enterprise, which currently hosts 600 Holstein Friesian cows, supplying milk to Lakeland […]

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A labour of love for the Griffin family

19 Aug , 2020  

The Griffin family name is synonymous with efficiency when to comes to agricultural contracting in Kerry. Kevin Griffin tells Irish Tractor & Agri how they benefit from over three decades of experience and an excellent reputation which is underlined by a high satisfaction rate amongst their local farming community. Gerard Griffin & Sons Agri Contracting […]

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A one stop agricultural consulting service

12 Aug , 2020  

Farmers are continually challenged to cut costs, increase revenue and improve financial performance. John Crowley Consulting has a proven track record in helping farmers improve efficiencies on their farms. Established by John Crowley in 1996, the Bandon, County Cork-based practice has provided strategic advice to farmers and agribusiness to support profitability, competitiveness, sustainability and personal […]