Castleblayney Livestock Sales has, over the past five-and-a-half decades, established a stellar reputation as one of Ireland’s premier marts. We travelled to County Monaghan and caught up with Connell Nugent to find out more about this exceptional family-run operation, which provides farmers from both sides of the border with an invaluable service. They travel from […]
Jim Power Agri Sales Ltd in Co Waterford are main agents for Deutz Fahr, Krone and Amazone and have been specialising in the sales and service of all types of machinery for almost a decade now. Irish Tractor & Agri recently found out more about what the business has to offer. Running an agri sales […]
The application of lime is one of the oldest and most important methods of improving a soil and dates back hundreds of years. Without lime the land will neither respond to fertiliser nor produce the quantity or quality otherwise achieved where lime is applied regularly. Lime is a soil conditioner which corrects soil acidity by […]
Award-winning Glenballyeamon Eggs are among the freshest in the land. We travelled to Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim and met founder / proprietor Niall Delargy to find out more about this egg-ceptional enterprise, which secured a prestigious Great Taste Award in 2016. Described as the Oscars of the food world, the Great Taste Awards […]
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 […]
