From his base in Enniscrone, County Sligo, Edward Caffrey runs an exceptional mixed farming enterprise incorporating dairy, beef, sheep and tillage as well as providing an outstanding contracting service. We travelled west to find out more about the enduring Caffrey family tradition of working the land, which dates back decades, nay centuries. From low-lying, gently […]
Errigal Mushrooms is a thriving mushroom business based in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan. The farm, which is meticulously managed and operated by father and son duo Niall and Brendan Mc Kenna, produces 40,000KG of top quality, award winning, fresh and local white mushrooms on a weekly basis and its crop is marketed via leading Northern Ireland […]
Ireland’s livestock mart sector today consists of over 60 co-operative mart centres across the country. Marts provide many services to the farmer shareholders, in addition to the primary function of a transparent method of selling and guaranteeing payment for livestock. In recent years, we have seen the emergence of farmer producers coming together regionally to […]
Last November over two hundred guests attended an event to mark fifty years of Donegal Co-Operative Livestock Mart in the Central Hotel in Donegal. In front of an attendance which included the President of the IFA, Joe Healy as well as local TDs Charlie McConalogue, Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher, Thomas Pringle and Pearse Doherty, the […]
The development of a 500 kilowatt anaerobic digestion (AD) facility on their Portadown farm three years ago has provided the Hunniford family with an additional revenue stream. Victor Hunniford explains more. Designed and constructed by Moore Biosystems in Ballymena, the fully licensed and accredited plant was the first of its kind in Northern Ireland to […]
In November, Clonakilty Blackpudding picked up the award for Prepared Foods at Agribusiness of the Year awards. Irish Tractor & Agri spoke to Colette Twomey, who was at the Ballsbridge Hotel on the night to collect the accolade on her company’s behalf. Being nominated for three different awards at the same annual ceremony is never […]
Specialising in all forms of steel fabrication, Brennan Fabrications Mayo Ltd. (BFM) are renowned for delivering strong, high-quality agricultural buildings to farmers along the Mayo / Sligo border, including cost-efficient and durable slatted sheds, milking parlours and machinery sheds. We travelled to Cloonfinish and met up with Kevin Brennan to find out more. Ultimately, […]
When Gordon Hamilton decided to set up his own engineering business on the family farm in Castlederg, Co Tyrone, he did so with the knowledge of having many years’ experience in the industry. Gordon had worked for many years with Finlay Hydra Screens in Omagh and his work with them took him all over the […]
Down based Patterson Potato Boxes Ltd has been manufacturing wooden potato boxes since the business was established in 2010 and it has gone from strength to strength ever since. Aaron Patterson is the managing director of the company and he spoke to us about how the business originated and how the company has grown in […]
As a director in both M&R Pigs and MM Pigs, a former chairman of the IFA’s national pigs committee and a driving force behind the pioneering programme to make commercial pig farming more viable in Uganda, Michael Maguire is one of Ireland’s leading authorities on all things pig-related. We caught up with the Cavan man […]
