Many agricultural contractors hail from generations of the family that have been involved in the same line of work down through the years. Agricultural contracting has certainly evolved over the decades and the state of the art machinery used these days allows contractors to get through much more work than they could in time gone […]
Established in 1991, Michael Maher Contracting & Repairs Ltd is a family run business based in Doon, Co Limerick. From humble beginnings, the company has grown over the years and having started as an agricultural contractor, the Maher family now provide an array of services across a number of industries. Michael Maher purchased his first […]
Albrim Ltd has become renowned for its excellence in the fabrication and construction of farm and industrial buildings. Irish Tractor & Agri learned all about the booming Co Laois business from its Managing Director, Roy Fairbrother. They’re extremely busy these days at Albrim Ltd and the plan is to keep business thriving at a company […]
Owned and managed by Joe Beggan – a consulting engineer with a quarter of a century’s experience in building design, planning, project management and supervision – Encore Consulting is a multi-disciplinary practice based in Clones, County Monaghan. We touched base with Joe to discuss some of the services provided to agri clients. Specialising in a […]
Since 1980, Peter J McDonald Engineering Ltd has been supplying a top quality service to a large customer base and for this month’s edition of Irish Tractor, we profile the family run business to see what has made them so successful over the past four decades. From Livestock Buildings, Sheep Sheds, Straw Barns and Grain […]
Roy Dineen Agri Design has developed an enviable reputation for delivering comprehensive farm building solutions for his customers. Vastly experienced, Roy has the knowledge and expertise to design quality buildings at an affordable cost while planning permission applications are all part of the service. • Can the design of your farm facilities reduce your labour? […]
The Heffernan Family Farm in Dunnamaggin, County Kilkenny was voted as Leinster Regional Winner at the 2017 Grassland Farmer of the Year Awards. We caught up with Mark Heffernan to find out more about this exceptional, progressive family-run dairy enterprise, which places a major emphasis on grass utilisation. With 2017 designated as the year of […]
Agricultural Contractors depend a lot on the weather in order to get through their workload, their patience can be tested at times given the uncertainty of the weather in Ireland, but 2018 is set to be a year that they won’t forget in a hurry. Just seven months ago, the island of Ireland was covered […]
For over two decades, PJ Mulhearne Agricultural Contractors Ltd has provided customers in County Waterford with a top-class agricultural contracting service. We met up with the long-serving Kilmacthomas man to take a look at his impressive fleet and to get an insight into the wide range of services provided. For some, agricultural contracting is simply […]
38 herds from across the country participated in the IHFA National Herds Competition 2018. Herds were visited within one week by judge, Mark Logan, Clandeboye estate, Northern Ireland, beginning at the end of May which fortunately coincided with an upturn in weather conditions and grass growth. Herds were entered by their clubs on the basis […]
